Sighting 4237468
1 Red paper wasp at Crooked Corner, NSW
Identification history
| Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus | 16 Oct 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus | 14 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Polistes sp. (genus) | 14 Oct 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | 14 Oct 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Oct 2019 | Harrisi |
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Significant sighting
1 comment
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
17 Oct 2019
Hi Kim
Stuart gave the size of this species as 25-50 mm, and said "Biggest wasp i've ever seen, noisy in flight, inquisitive.".
What are the features which make this species different from Polistes (Polistella) humilis?
Is size a distinguishing feature?
Stuart gave the size of this species as 25-50 mm, and said "Biggest wasp i've ever seen, noisy in flight, inquisitive.".
What are the features which make this species different from Polistes (Polistella) humilis?
Is size a distinguishing feature?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.260805-34.141082
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 13 Oct 2019 03:22 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
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Collections
Significant sightings Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus Scientific name
- Red paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 571.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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