Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Point Hut to Tharwa

Common Paper Wasp at Point Hut to Tharwa

Polistes (Polistella) humilis at Point Hut to Tharwa - 30 Jan 2017

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Identification history

Polistes (Polistella) humilis	7 Nov 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Polistes sp. (genus)	14 Mar 2019	michaelb
Polistes (Polistella) humilis	13 Feb 2017	michaelb

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Author's notes

On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.

5 comments

KimPullen wrote:

22 Feb 2017

This may be Polistes erythrinus which occurs along the Murrumbidgee River, although apparently not in Canberra itself. Needs checking.

michaelb wrote:

29 Jun 2019

Hi Kim
There are good photos (Reiner Richter) on ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:409bd0dc-71fd-4259-ba43-4b7dde4fca95#gallery

michaelb wrote:

8 Nov 2019

Hi Michael M
How can you tell the difference between Polistes (Polistella) humilis and Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

8 Nov 2019

P.erythinus has a deep orange-red colour and orange patterning on the top of its thorax - P. humilis is a washed out brown -orange without the back patterning.

michaelb wrote:

8 Nov 2019

Thanks Michael

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