Polistes (Polistella) humilis

Common Paper Wasp at Black Mountain Peninsula (PEN)

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.100217-35.285632
• Altitude 564.5m
• Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• 3 Abundance
• 19 Dec 2023 10:20 AM Recorded on
• HelenCross Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• True Wasp nest present

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
• Machine learning
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