Sighting 4386840
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
Asian paper wasp at Cobbitty, NSW
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| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | MichaelBedingfield | 27 Jul 2021 | |
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | PatrickCampbell | 26 Jul 2021 | |
| Unverified | Rigor722 | 26 Jul 2021 |
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User's notes
Is this an Asiatic Paper Wasp?
Single wasp landed on my bare foot.
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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
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Rigor722 Greater Sydney NatureMapr 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
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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