Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)


Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)

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Jennybach wrote:
18 Oct 2025
Thanks

Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
18 Oct 2025
Female, sluggish after long winter.

Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
30 Sep 2025
Lisa, see the Friends of Grasslands newsletter, November 2023, page 6 :- https://www.fog.org.au/Newsletters/2023-11newsletter.pdf

Polistes sp. (genus)
LisaH wrote:
30 Sep 2025
Amazing - and the nests are incredible structures, so precise and mathematical

Polistes sp. (genus)
30 Sep 2025
These are female wasps, laying eggs for new young to add to the growth of the colony.

Polistes sp. (genus)
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