Sighting 4550451
Common Paper Wasp at Lyons, ACT
Identification history
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | 29 Sep 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 4 Feb 2024 | ran452 |
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User's notes
Wasp and insect. Wasp may not have been aware of caterpillar approach. In the end the caterpillar dropped off the grass.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.074284-35.338500
- Places Lyons, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2024 09:58 AM Recorded on
- ran452 Recorded by
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Collections
ran452 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Polistes (Polistella) humilis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Grass Associated plant
- Caterpillar Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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