Sighting 4559543
Polistes sp. (genus)
Unidentified paper wasp at Undefined Area
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| Polistes sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 12 Mar 2024 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 11 Mar 2024 |
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User's notes
A deranged wasp? First, this weed was less than 10cm from my face and yet it flew in and landed. It then proceeded into a seed head and made a real mess - dislodging the seeds. It looked really odd.
2 comments
12 Mar 2024
Paper nest wasps make their nests from plant and wood fibres which they chew and mix with saliva into a papery material.
12 Mar 2024
Ooooh. TY michaelb. So there was something at the base of the seeds that was a must-have. Great seed dispersal plan for the plant.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.886919-36.115643
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2024 12:40 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- erigeron weed Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Polistes sp. (genus) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.8m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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