Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus

Red paper wasp at Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.090811-35.327640
• Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 9 Feb 2024 04:15 PM Recorded on
• LisaH Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) LisaH

Additional information

• 25mm to 50mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

• Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus Scientific name
• Red paper wasp Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 571.1m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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