Sighting 4232847
Ropalidia plebeiana
Small brown paper wasp at Acton, ACT
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| Ropalidia plebeiana | KimPullen | 25 Aug 2019 | |
| Ropalidia plebeiana | TimL | 22 Aug 2019 |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of this wasp on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully. The weather was particularly cold and the wasp was sighted struggling along the handrail dragging its wings beneath its body, as seen in the images.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107827-35.277019
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2019 01:48 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ropalidia plebeiana Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Ropalidia plebeiana Scientific name
- Small brown paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702.4m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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