Campsomeris radula (female)
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Scoliidae |
Flower wasps. Large and densely hairy wasps. Legs adapted for digging, (fossorial).. Females dig into soil or wood for beetle larvae, on which they lay an egg. Distal section of wing with numerous longitudinal wrinkles. All Australian species belong to Scoliinae. [25 Aust. species] |
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References:
Insects of Australia (Chapter 42: Hymenoptera)
I.D. Naumann
CSIRO, Division of Entomology
1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.
Page 978