Sighting 4480149
Ropalidia plebeiana
Small brown paper wasp at Calwell, ACT
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| Ropalidia plebeiana | SimoneC | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Apocrita | SimoneC | 23 Mar 2023 | |
| Unverified | JSR73 | 22 Mar 2023 |
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Updated: I had added a picture of one of the wasps. They are very small, perhaps 10 - 15mm in length. One stung my wife on her finger.
I think these are a wasp of some kind? The appear all black or very dark. Cannot make out any orange or yellow markings. I can make out raked back wings. They are high up under the eave of our multi story house so I cannot get any closer to inspect, the picture is zoomed in from the ground. I haven't seen any flying at all or buzzing around, just walking around the nest. Looks like a mud type substance.
Location is Tuggeranong, ACT.
3 comments
23 Mar 2023
Looks like some sort of paper wasp but the images aren’t clear enough for a firm ID
27 Mar 2023
Thanks SimoneC. I have added a close up picture of one of them. Like you we think it's a paper wasp of some kind.
Location information
- Places Calwell, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- JSR73 Recorded by
- No plants, on house wall under the eaves. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Nest present
Collections
- JSR73 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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Record quality
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5 / 7
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