Yellow Brown Paper Wasp - Ropalidia romandi
FAMILY VESPIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about the Yellow Brown Paper Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- We found this Yellow Paper Wasp near Bulimba Creek in Wishart on Oct 2007. This wasp is small in size, with more yellow colour than the other small brown paper wasps.
- The wasp was hunting on small plants. It did not care too much on our approaching. We did not find its nest yet. From reference it is a large paper nest with multi-layered structure and outer covering. If you find it, do not disturb it for the wasps will give very painful sting.
Hunting On Leaves
- We found another one about the same area on Nov 2007. They could be belong to the same nest. Will follow them next time to track their nest.
Enveloped Nest
- This Brown Paper Wasp species build large enveloped nest. There are many layers of comb inside.
- Nest length 25cm
- In Karawatha Forest we found a abandon paper nest on the ground. The nest was multi-layered structure and with outer covering. Which looked like be the nest of Yellow Paper Wasps.
- Reference:
- 1. Ropalidia romandi - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004.
- 2. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 3. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane - New edition, Published by Queensland Museum 2007, p115.
- 4. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera : Vespidae) - Richards, OW (1978), Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 26 , 1–132.
