Polistes (Polistella) humilis

Common Paper Wasp at Paddys River, ACT

Polistes (Polistella) humilis at Paddys River, ACT - 29 Jan 2017 08:22 PM
Polistes (Polistella) humilis at Paddys River, ACT - 29 Jan 2017 08:22 PM
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Polistes (Polistella) humilis 7 Nov 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Polistes sp. (genus) 14 Mar 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Polistes (Polistella) humilis 13 Feb 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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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.
   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
   8 Nov 2019
Hi Michael M
How can you tell the difference between Polistes (Polistella) humilis and Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus?
   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.
   8 Nov 2019
Thanks Michael

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