Sighting 4701948
Asian paper wasp at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | 6 Oct 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 5 Oct 2025 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Saw this wasp fly into the middle of this grevillea where there were not flowers. It stayed some time on a dead piece. Difficult to get a photo. I think its a potter wasp? Its very prettily coloured.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.884983-36.113727
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2025 09:46 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- grevillea Associated plant
- dragonfly, european honeybee Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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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