Ropalidia plebeiana

Small brown paper wasp at QPRC LGA

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.802261-35.589447
• Altitude 561.2m
• Places Araluen, NSW

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 6 Jan 2024 04:55 PM Recorded on
• HelenWatson Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• 25mm to 50mm Animal size
• True Nest present
• False Insect on a flower

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
• Machine learning
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