Stilbum cyanurum

Unknown.

Reported from throughout Australia.

This wasp is approximately 20 millimetres long.

This species is known to lay its eggs in the nests of mud-dauber wasps. The developing young consume the contents of the nest which can include the mud-dauber’s young and paralysed spiders and insects.

These photographs were taken in January.

Identification courtesy of David Knowles.

WA Museum museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/Cuckoo-Wasps.pdf

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f9536f86-e011-4f6c-b065-b87b4d9ffc57#overview

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