Favoritos de lorree

Female

Several wasps of both sexes roosting on hakea, grevillea and finica nodosa

Female- moving slightly.

on Agonis flexuosa, parasitising these scale insects? >1mm

Small wasp, possibly parasitoid of Leptocneria reducta eggs.

Hyperparasite on green lacewing?

Less than 3mm.

Emerged from lacewing pupa found on Corymbia maculata. Less than 4mm.

Checking out my bee hotel in my backyard.

there were half a dozen of these wasps acting like satellite flies hanging around this particular wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196201923 while it was digging in the sand

Male

On pink flowering Marri

Hopper?

@ozzicada Apparently rental properties are in short supply!!

On window

Quite large, dark black wings. Attracted to light.

2 individuals excavating 2 different holes in sand bank.

Chalcid wasp

It appeared to be laying eggs. Native bees were laying eggs nearby but not in this hole. 2015.

Wasp, appprox 10mm long. In a shop window, stuck between the glass and a sign.

The native bee was visiting the Cosmos flowers in our garden.

3mm body

Esme Lahey...carrying red mite 'battery pack'

10mm long wasp sitting/flying on the trunk of our Eucalyptus wandoo tree on a very hot day. Collected for Museum studies.

Tiny wasp from a leaf gall

2mm long
Found on the leaf of a Ficus
Moved onto me while taking the photo then flew away

Second photo include native reed bee Exoneura to give scale. These insects are tiny - only observed in photo, not with eye sight
Found on Melaleuca lancelota

From kitchen window

Unsure of what it is but I believe it is a cuckoo wasp. such a beautiful iridescent blue-green.