Sighting 4372633
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Common Paper Wasp at Splitters Creek, NSW
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| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Mar 2021 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 20 Feb 2021 |
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User's notes
Paper wasp? This dinnerplate sized nest was stuck on the underside of a huge branch on a huge old gum tree that has had many limbs broken off. I didn't realise they nested on gums. I thought they only put nests on houses!
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.857247-36.070955
- Places Splitters Creek, NSW
Sighting information
- 80 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2021 08:09 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
Collections
- KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr 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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4 / 7
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- Description
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