Sighting 3374617
European wasp at Gordon, ACT
Identification history
| Vespula germanica | 19 Mar 2017 | KimPullen | ||
| Vespula germanica | 19 Mar 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Near Point Hut Pond.
1 comment
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
19 Mar 2017
This wasp was stealing from a large spider's web which had a captured grasshopper. It removed the head from the grasshopper and flew away with it. Soon it returned to get some more.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.079722-35.456261
- Altitude 587.7m
- Maps Point Hut Pond
- Places Gordon, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Mar 2017 08:09 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Vespula germanica Scientific name
- European wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1366.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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