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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
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Jennybach
wrote:
18 Oct 2025
Thanks
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
18 Oct 2025
Female, sluggish after long winter.
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
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)
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
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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Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus
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Crooked Corner, NSW
Vespula germanica
at
Buckajo, NSW
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