Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Sighting 4207675

Polistes (Polistes) chinensis

Asian paper wasp at Bega, NSW

Polistes (Polistes) chinensis at Bega, NSW - 20 Apr 2019 03:22 PM
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis at Bega, NSW - 20 Apr 2019 03:22 PM
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis at Bega, NSW - 20 Apr 2019 03:22 PM
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis at Bega, NSW - 20 Apr 2019 03:22 PM
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Polistes (Polistes) chinensis 24 Apr 2019 KimPullen
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis 24 Apr 2019 JRideaux

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JRideaux wrote:
   26 Apr 2019
Thank you for your response Jackie. I have a photo which shows the nest clearly but can’t work out how/where to upload it here. It’s about 17cm x 10cm and an inverted mushroom shape like the native paper wasp nest. We did an early morning ant and wasp killing powder application on the nest which does appear to have been effective.
JRideaux wrote:
   27 Apr 2019
Photo successfully uploaded - thank you. This article about Asian and Australian paper wasps living in New Zealand is somewhat reassuring as it seems the two can live together in harmony and the Asian wasp doesn’t seem to be more problematic for people than their Australian cousins. https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/paper-wasps-guests-or-pests/

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