Sighting 4563175
Vespula (Genus)
Vespula germanica or Vespula vulgaris at Lyons, ACT
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| Vespula (Genus) | DiBickers | 5 Apr 2025 | |
| Vespula germanica | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Mar 2024 | |
| Unverified | ran452 | 27 Mar 2024 |
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User's notes
I assume this is a European wasp. If so, it probably comes from a nest in a one of the properties to be developed which are to my west.
1 comment
5 Apr 2025
Unable to determine Species-level ID without a clear side-view of the head & thorax, so I will need to move this back to Genus-level.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074272-35.338489
- Places Lyons, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Mar 2024 09:06 AM Recorded on
- ran452 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- ran452 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects Vespula (Genus)
Species information
- Vespula (Genus) Scientific name
- Vespula germanica or Vespula vulgaris Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Unknown
- Up to 1332m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location