Sighting 4232859
Ropalidia plebeiana
2 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. It was quite cold and the wasp was not very active. This was the second sighting of one of these wasps in the Rainforest Gully on this day. See earlier sighting 4232847.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108738-35.277492
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2019 02:05 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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