Hyleoides concinna

    

Size
female 12 mm; male 12 mm

Identifying Characteristics
This wasp mimic can be recognised by its large size, orange bands and distinctive face patterns.

Distinctive Features
It can be distinguished from the wasps that it mimics by the absence of a long, narrow waist and by the wings which do not fold longitudinally.

Flower Visiting Records

Angophora spp.	Banksia serrata	Brachychiton populneum
Callistemon sp.	Daviesia sp.	Eremophila spp.
Eucalyptus spp.	Jacksonia scoparia	Lambertia formosa
Lophostemon conferta	Melaleuca sp.	Persoonia spp.

Taxonomy

Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Hyleoides
Subgenus:
Species:	concinna