Sighting 4522980
A paper wasp at Brunswick Heads, NSW
Identification history
| Ropalidia impetuosa | 25 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Ropalidia sp. (genus) | 25 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Ropalidia plebeiana | 2 Nov 2023 | LockyC |
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User's notes
Located low in sedge grass.
1 comment
DiBickers
wrote:
25 Mar 2025
The markings don’t match Ropalidia plebeiana.
Those prominent yellow bands and their placement fit better with Ropalidia impetuosa but unfortunately the visuals aren’t clear enough for me to be sure.
There aren’t any current NSW sightings on iNat for this species, though ALA does have a couple of sporadic sightings down south (one just over the north-east border of NSW & another in VIC).
For now I’ll Verify it under Genus-level with a Suggestion at Species-level😊
Those prominent yellow bands and their placement fit better with Ropalidia impetuosa but unfortunately the visuals aren’t clear enough for me to be sure.
There aren’t any current NSW sightings on iNat for this species, though ALA does have a couple of sporadic sightings down south (one just over the north-east border of NSW & another in VIC).
For now I’ll Verify it under Genus-level with a Suggestion at Species-level😊
Location information
- Coordinates 153.552322-28.561069
- Altitude 8.1m
- Maps Wallum
- Places Brunswick Heads, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2023 07:50 PM Recorded on
- LockyC Recorded by
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LockyC NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- True Wasp nest present
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- sedge grass Associated plant
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Ropalidia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 8.15m to 72.12m 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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