Sighting 4487140
Ropalidia plebeiana
Small brown paper wasp at Spence, ACT
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| Ropalidia plebeiana | SimoneC | 24 May 2023 | |
| Ropalidia plebeiana | MichaelBedingfield | 24 May 2023 | |
| Unverified | Watermilli | 23 May 2023 |
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User's notes
Found in the backyard here by our 3 year old.
The insect's body seems hairless. We think there is one pair of wings, and that it therefore is probably a wasp - a potter wasp perhaps?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.072154-35.198921
- Places Spence, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 May 2023 02:21 PM Recorded on
- Watermilli Recorded by
- a leaf of plantain ('introduced' type) Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Watermilli 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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5 / 7
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