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Ropalidia plebeiana
Small brown paper wasp at Brogo, NSW
Identification history
| Ropalidia plebeiana | 19 Apr 2020 | MaxCampbell |
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Author's notes
Photos 1-4... Found this specimen on Pittosporum revolutum leaves...
Photo 5 ... this species is currently building a cluster of small paper nests under our porch ceiling. if left for a few seasons, this will become a thick continuous colony nest with many occupants. These wasps are relatively innocuous neighbours. (They are weak and reluctant stingers.) The colony becomes a problem however, in the porch, as waste builds up under the nest. The species seems to like man made structures; A favourite nest construction site being the underside of concrete bridges.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.762429-36.577371
- Places Brogo, NSW
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2020 02:10 AM Recorded on
- MaxCampbell Recorded by
