Sighting 4229076
Unidentified paper wasp at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
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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User's notes
Near the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Point Hut Crossing.
2 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
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
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
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Collections
Insects Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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