Sighting 4431541
European wasp at Albury, NSW
Identification history
| Vespula germanica | 14 Apr 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Apr 2022 | KylieWaldon |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
I think this ?wasp hit a bit of a spider web, and then landed to clean it off.
2 comments
KylieWaldon
wrote:
14 Apr 2022
It was interesting to watch - the wasp kind of lightly touched it with all legs and sprang off it. Then flew and perched to clean it off legs. It was as though its toe claws are spider web proof!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.907151-36.065102
- Maps Nail Can Hill Albury
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Apr 2022 08:35 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- pea Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Vespula germanica Scientific name
- European wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1366.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
