Family Vespidae, subfamily Polistinae.
Paper wasps live in small colonies and build a papery nest out of masticated wood fibres. The nest is composed of a single layer of exposed cells attached to a waterproofed 'roof' hanging by a short stalk from a branch or twig in a shrub or tree, on a fence or under an eave. Nest removal is hazardous, as the occupants will aggressively defend it; the job is best left to an experienced operator.
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Central West NSW | Greater Melbourne | Gippsland
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ANBG Braemar Brownlow Hill Conservation Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Canberra City Farm City Renewal Authority Area Crace Grasslands Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Griffith Woodland Gungaderra Grasslands Hassett Park, Campbell Higgins Woodland Hill Reserve Illawarra Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lake Ginninderra Lanyon - northern section A.C.T. Lyneham Ridge Lyneham Wetland MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden Monash Grassland Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Pleasant Nadjung Mada NR National Zoo and Aquarium O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Pine Island to Point Hut Point Hut Pond Point Hut to Tharwa Saint Mark's College & Grassland. Stranger Pond Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tharwa Bridge Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger Pond Watson Green Space West Belconnen Pond Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wollondilly Local Government Area Yerrabi PondPlaces
Ainslie, ACT Amaroo, ACT Barton, ACT Belconnen, ACT Berry, NSW Bonython, ACT Braidwood, NSW Brownlow Hill, NSW Campbell, ACT Casey, ACT Chatswood, NSW Crace, ACT Curtin, ACT Dickson, ACT Downer, ACT Drouin, VIC Dunlop, ACT Florey, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Gordon, ACT Gungahlin, ACT Higgins, ACT Isaacs, ACT Jamberoo, NSW Jerrabomberra, NSW McKellar, ACT Melba, ACT Mitchell, ACT Ngunnawal, ACT Orangeville, NSW Phillip, ACT Pialligo, ACT Symonston, ACT Tharwa, ACT Theodore, ACT Watson, ACT Yarralumla, ACT