Sighting 4386840
Asian paper wasp at Cobbitty, NSW
Identification history
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | 27 Jul 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | 26 Jul 2021 | PatrickCampbell | ||
| Unverified | 26 Jul 2021 | Rigor722 |
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User's notes
Is this an Asiatic Paper Wasp?
Single wasp landed on my bare foot.
2 comments
Location information
- Coordinates 150.679151-33.992369
- Places Cobbitty, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jul 2021 12:00 PM Recorded on
- Rigor722 Recorded by
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Collections
Rigor722 Greater Sydney NatureMapr Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
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
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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