Sighting 4703767
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
Asian paper wasp at Franklin, ACT
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| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Oct 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | chriselidie | 11 Oct 2025 |
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Seemingly chased away another similarly sized wasp that had caught a caterpillar to eat some caterpillar 'leftovers'.
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Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Unknown bush Associated plant
- A different wasp (sighting 4703760) Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Scientific name
- Asian paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1135m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location