Sighting 4229076
Polistes sp. (genus)
Unidentified paper wasp at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
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| Polistes sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 29 Jun 2019 | |
| Polistes sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 26 Jun 2019 | |
| Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus | MichaelBedingfield | 26 Jun 2019 |
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Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.
3 comments
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.
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
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
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066481-35.452344
- Altitude 558.5m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2019 06:28 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Polistes sp. (genus) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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