Sighting 4703760
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Common Paper Wasp at Franklin, ACT
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| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelMulvaney | 16 Oct 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | chriselidie | 11 Oct 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | chriselidie | 11 Oct 2025 | |
| Unverified | chriselidie | 11 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
Wasp caught a caterpillar (from it's shelter?), removed a part of it (greenish mass shown in foreground of one of the photos, intestine (?) - later appeared to be eaten by a nearby Asian paperwasp), rolled up the rest into a ball and ate it while holding it between two forelegs.
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Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Unknown bush Associated plant
- Caterpillar Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Polistes (Polistella) humilis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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