Sighting 4205871
European wasp at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Vespula germanica | 17 Apr 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Vespula germanica | 5 Apr 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Drama on a small scale high up on a tree trunk. The telephoto images show a European Wasp attracted to a spider's prey; one of the wasp's legs getting caught in the web; the wasp trying to escape as the spider investigates; the wasp eventually escaping just before the spider arrived. Unsure as to the identification of the spider and its prey.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
5 Apr 2019
The spider's prey looks like some kind of leafhopper (e.g. Eurymelinae) or planthopper (Fulguroidea).
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
18 Apr 2019
Very interesting !
I have a similar sighting but the wasp was successful:
Vespula germanica (European wasp) on 18 Mar 2017
I have a similar sighting but the wasp was successful:
Vespula germanica (European wasp) on 18 Mar 2017Location information
- Coordinates 149.109052-35.276582
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2019 11:46 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Vespula germanica Scientific name
- European wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1366.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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