Sighting 4650199
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Common Paper Wasp at West Wodonga, VIC
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| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | DiBickers | 27 Apr 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 2 Mar 2025 |
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User's notes
This wasp and another seemed very interested in this gum tree. Eventually I worked out that they weren't going for the lerps or other insects but these eggs. Run away little beetles! But I think they are leaving them alone and going for the empty eggs?
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.827641-36.128950
- Places West Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 1 Mar 2025 08:28 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- gum tree Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga 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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6 / 7
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