Gynoplistia cf. bella – this species has black head and thorax, the legs variably bi-coloured orange and black, the abdomen reddish with 1st tergite and apical two to three segments black (excepting ovipositor structure in female; males with apex reddish or not), and wings strongly patterned with three equidistant bands that are narrowly connected medially and apex more or less clouded (apical cloud can be reduced). Male antenna formula 2+2+(11-12)+(3-5), female formula 2+2+(7-8)+(5-6). Theischinger (1993) noted great variation in leg colour pattern and wing pattern, often with local forms, and considered they may represent a complex.
Early February 2012
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
Photos KE
Male
Late January 2012
Discovery Beach
Image by Natalie Tapson, used with permission.
Male
Late December 2014
Scott’s Peak, Lake Pedder
On Leptospermum lanigerum (Woolly Teatree). Photos KE
Male
Mid December 2016
Salmon Ponds, Plenty. Photos KE
Different individuals
Mid October 2017
Molesworth
Many of these were around the edge of a dam. Photos KE
Female
Early October 2020
Bridport
Photo KE
Female
Early December 2020
Ridgeway
Images by Keith Martin-Smith, used with permission.
Male
Early January 2022
Tarraleah
Photo KE
Male
Mid December 2022
Peter Murrell Reserve, Huntingfield
Photos AD
Male
Early January 2023
Tarraleah
Photos KE
Male
Mid April 2023
Dodges Ferry
Photos KE
