Sighting 4394795
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
3 Common Paper Wasp at Evatt, ACT
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| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Sep 2021 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | TimL | 24 Sep 2021 |
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The historical sequence of images was taken over a period of several weeks and shows a female Common Paper Wasp as she built a nest, laid eggs, and tended to them and the growing grubs. The wasp built the nest in direct sunlight, which required her to regularly cool the nest with ventilation from her wings, as seen in the first image. The final image is a montage showing the nest, eggs, and grubs at various stages of growth.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.064016-35.213343
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Oct 2013 06:17 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Featured TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Polistes (Polistella) humilis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes (Polistella) humilis Scientific name
- Common Paper Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 3648.9m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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