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Ropalidia revolutionalis, the stick-nest brown paper wasp, is a diurnal social wasp of the family Vespidae. They are known for the distinctive combs they make for their nests, and they have been found in Queensland, Australia in the areas of Brisbane and Townsville .
The Australian "hornet" (Abispa ephippium), a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. [2] Despite its namesake, it is not a true hornet.
Ropalidia plebeiana . Ropalidia plebeiana is a eusocial temperate paper wasp. [1] It is unique, as it is the only temperate wasp in the typically tropical Ropalidia genus. [2] R. plebeiana is widely distributed in eastern Australia, and recently have been found making huge nest aggregations, with thousands of nests on trunks of trees, in south-eastern New South Wales.
[1] [2] [3] In Brisbane, Australia, it was recently introduced and reported as a risk factor to air safety, because aircraft Pitot Tubes present an attractive nesting venue for these wasps. [4] [5] Keyhole wasp, Pachodynerus nasidens
Wasp season is typically between March and November but the bugs are especially active now after a mild winter and spring. “This is a really big year for wasps,” said Lynn Kimsey, director of ...
Solitary wasps parasitize almost every pest insect, making wasps valuable in horticulture for biological pest control of species such as whitefly in tomatoes and other crops. Wasps first appeared in the fossil record in the Jurassic, and diversified into many surviving superfamilies by the Cretaceous. They are a successful and diverse group of ...
Ropalidia romandi, also known as the yellow brown paper wasp [1] or the yellow paper wasp. [ 2 ] is a species of paper wasp found in Northern and Eastern Australia. R. romandi is a swarm-founding wasp, and manages perennial nests. [ 3 ]
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, [2] [3] in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. [4]
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