A shinny black and reddish orange natuve wasp that catches caterpilleras then drags them bag to the nest burrows dug in sand.

At a glance

Habitat Areas of exposed sand, especially coastal dunes.
Size can grow to around 17mm long
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia.
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia.
Habitat
Areas of exposed sand, especially coastal dunes.
Size
can grow to around 17mm long
Common Name Tyde's Sand Wasp
Aliases Sand Wasp, sand dune digger wasp, Sphecid Wasp, sand dune digger wasp,
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderHymenoptera
SuperfamilyApoidea
FamilySphecidae
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
GenusPodalonia
SpeciesPodalonia tydei suspiciosa
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Synonyms

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