Sighting 4700584
Polistes sp. (genus)
Unidentified paper wasp at Moruya, NSW
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| Polistes sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 1 Oct 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Sep 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistella) humilis | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 29 Sep 2025 |
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User's notes
Many wasp nests - only on blue pieces of tin or insulation, not on green or just tin. Fascinated to discover, looking at the photos, that each cell in this nest contains a small egg!
3 comments
30 Sep 2025
These are female wasps, laying eggs for new young to add to the growth of the colony.
30 Sep 2025
Lisa, see the Friends of Grasslands newsletter, November 2023, page 6 :- https://www.fog.org.au/Newsletters/2023-11newsletter.pdf
Location information
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Yes Nest present
Collections
- LisaH NatureMapr South Coast 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location