Papernest Wasp - Ropalidia gregaria

FAMILY VESPIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about the Papernest Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

We find this Papernest Wasps nest on road side hanging from a small tree about 1.5 meters above ground. The nest is flat in one layer.



The wasps are brown in colour with yellow rectangular patterns on thorax, with two segments of yellow band on abdomen. Notice that some nest cells are empty, some are with larvae or pupa inside.






We found their nests a few times, all were located within tens of meters near a creek. Above two pictures were taken on April 2007.