Sighting 4671505
Polistes sp. (genus)
Unidentified paper wasp at Townsville City, QLD
Identify this sighting
| Polistes sp. (genus) | DiBickers | 31 May 2025 | |
| Polistes sp. (genus) | Hejor1 | 28 May 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
1 comment
31 May 2025
Without a clear view of the wing tips I can’t really tell if this is Polistes humilis ssp. synoecus or Polistes stigma.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.813619-19.259958
- Places Townsville City, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 May 2025 02:12 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Hejor1 NatureMapr Polistes sp. (genus) Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Description