Sighting 4190763
Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus
Red paper wasp at Paddys River, ACT
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| Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus | KimPullen | 10 May 2019 | |
| Polistes sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Mar 2019 | |
| Polistes sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 29 Jan 2019 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelBedingfield | 28 Jan 2019 |
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User's notes
On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
1 comment
29 Jan 2019
This may be Polistes erythrinus, which in the ACT occurs along the Murrumbidgee River but apparently not in Canberra itself. Needs checking.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066868-35.502662
- Altitude 561.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Jan 2019 08:52 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus Scientific name
- Red paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 561m Recorded at altitude
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