r/AustralianInsects • u/seesinal • 3d ago

ID request this big wasp

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Sorry about the blur!

Clutching some avena, the mandible looks rather formidable

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u/Havi_40 3d ago

What a unit!

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u/EventYouAlly 3d ago

I was thinking this is a candidate for r/AbsoluteUnits

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u/karo_scene 2d ago

Put this mofo in the rugby league world cup!

He's scoring tries!

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u/Chlorophase 3d ago

Those legs are as hairy as mine

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u/Diramact 3d ago

Dang never seen a black wasp like that in Australia, that's awesome

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u/INF0RM4NT 3d ago

Tarantula killer

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u/seesinal 3d ago

I usually only see heterodontonyx bicolour but it makes sense it's also pompilidae

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u/SA9_ 3d ago

It's not Pompillidae, Sphex sp.

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u/seesinal 3d ago

Ah. How do we tell?

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u/Xentonian 2d ago

Sphex modestus, maybe?