Ropalidia plebeiana

Small brown paper wasp at Belconnen, ACT

Ropalidia plebeiana at Belconnen, ACT - 22 Mar 2014
Ropalidia plebeiana at Belconnen, ACT - 22 Mar 2014
Ropalidia plebeiana at Belconnen, ACT - 22 Mar 2014
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Identification history

Ropalidia plebeiana 4 Feb 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 4 Feb 2017 CathB
Ropalidia plebeiana 4 Feb 2017 KimPullen
Ropalidia plebeiana 4 Feb 2017 CathB

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User's notes

Taken soon after a fuel reduction burn whose date I don't recall, but I was surprised to see that this had either escaped burning or had been built so quickly since. The wasp on the right in image 2 seems to have been buzzing its wings.

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CathB wrote:
   4 Feb 2017
Not sure what happened here. It seems to have been confirmed (on 3 Feb) before I uploaded it on 4 Feb. Now it's gone back to unidentified. Maybe it was confirmed while I was editing my notes and this caused problems?
KimPullen wrote:
   8 Feb 2017
You can take that as a double confirmation Cath!

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  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 22 Mar 2014 04:51 PM Recorded on
  • CathB Recorded by

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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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