Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Sighting 4229076

Polistes sp. (genus)

Unidentified paper wasp at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

Polistes sp. (genus) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 06:28 PM
Polistes sp. (genus) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 06:28 PM
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Identification history

Polistes sp. (genus) 29 Jun 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Polistes sp. (genus) 26 Jun 2019 KimPullen
Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus 26 Jun 2019 MichaelBedingfield

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Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.

3 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   27 Jun 2019
A Polistes, but I'm not sure which species. I'd like to check the colours of this one against reliably identified specimens of P. erythrinus.
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   29 Jun 2019
Hi Kim
There are good photos (Reiner Richter) of Polistes erythrinus on ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:409bd0dc-71fd-4259-ba43-4b7dde4fca95#gallery
DiBickers wrote:
   27 Apr 2025
Polistes erythrinus has a more distinct separation of black and red colouration on the abdomen with an entirely black first gastaral band (which this one doesn’t have). Polistes erythrinus also has a black supra-clypeal plate which would be difficult to confirm from this image.

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  • Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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