Ropalidia plebeiana

Small brown paper wasp at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Ropalidia plebeiana	25 Aug 2019	KimPullen
	Ropalidia plebeiana	22 Aug 2019	TimL

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Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of this wasp on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully. The weather was particularly cold and the wasp was sighted struggling along the handrail dragging its wings beneath its body, as seen in the images.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107827 -35.277019
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Aug 2019 01:48 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Ropalidia plebeiana Scientific name
Small brown paper wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 702.4m Recorded at altitude
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