Sighting 3371032
Ropalidia plebeiana
Small brown paper wasp at Belconnen, ACT
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| Ropalidia plebeiana | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Feb 2017 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 4 Feb 2017 | |
| Ropalidia plebeiana | KimPullen | 4 Feb 2017 | |
| Ropalidia plebeiana | CathB | 4 Feb 2017 |
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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.
2 comments
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?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081111-35.271253
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2014 04:51 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ropalidia plebeiana Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Ropalidia plebeiana Scientific name
- Small brown paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702.4m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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