Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

Looks like a European Wasp.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

If their yellow stripes have two blaxk dots on each, then yes as this is a European wasp but otherwise I wouldn’t worry. Which part of the country fo you live in?

Looks like an Asian paper wasp Trev.

https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/european-wasp/european-wasp-identification-guide

ruby said:

Looks like an Asian paper wasp Trev.

:)

https://atlasoflife.org.au/creaturefeatures/2019/4/14/wasp-alert

they all look the same to me

ruby said:

https://atlasoflife.org.au/creaturefeatures/2019/4/14/wasp-alert

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/european-wasp/

party_pants said:

they all look the same to me

Me too.

Thanks guys, think it’s a paper wasp. Has yellow antenna things. The euro wasp has black ones from what I can see.

JudgeMental said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

Looks like a European Wasp.

Yeah well that one has yellow antennas. So I have no idea again.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

JudgeMental said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

Looks like a European Wasp.

Yeah well that one has yellow antennas. So I have no idea again.

Looks like pretty much all of the research grade observations on iNaturalist have dark antennae.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=126155

roughbarked said:

ruby said:

https://atlasoflife.org.au/creaturefeatures/2019/4/14/wasp-alert

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/european-wasp/

well the museum link says they have black antenna so looks like brexit is back on!

paper wasp!

buffy said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

JudgeMental said:

Looks like a European Wasp.

Yeah well that one has yellow antennas. So I have no idea again.

Looks like pretty much all of the research grade observations on iNaturalist have dark antennae.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=126155

yeah I think you are right.

thanks again all

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

buffy said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Yeah well that one has yellow antennas. So I have no idea again.

Looks like pretty much all of the research grade observations on iNaturalist have dark antennae.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=126155

yeah I think you are right.

thanks again all

And the iNaturalist link for Asian paper wasps…light antennae by the look of it.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=199179

buffy said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

buffy said:

Looks like pretty much all of the research grade observations on iNaturalist have dark antennae.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=126155

yeah I think you are right.

thanks again all

And the iNaturalist link for Asian paper wasps…light antennae by the look of it.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=199179

yeah…. fuckers are eating my wood!!!!!

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I think ruby knows stuff.

:)

It’s gently raining here. I’ve cleared downpipes earlier this morning. I’ve done some ironing. I think I’ll embroider for a bit and then take a nap. Because I can.

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I’m not so sure, this site has both European paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp, and they look very very similar-
https://ewasp.com.au/insects-and-arachnids/wasps/
But the recommendation for both is also similar. Nuke them!!

ruby said:

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I’m not so sure, this site has both European paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp, and they look very very similar-
https://ewasp.com.au/insects-and-arachnids/wasps/
But the recommendation for both is also similar. Nuke them!!

Trev’s wasp has the distinctive yellow dots which the Asian wasp has, but the Euro doesn’t.

ruby said:

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I’m not so sure, this site has both European paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp, and they look very very similar-
https://ewasp.com.au/insects-and-arachnids/wasps/
But the recommendation for both is also similar. Nuke them!!

well if I can find them i will but they dont look to be heading to or coming from any particular direction. They are flying around some wooden lattice and landing there every now and then. They almost to me look like they are even possibly mating but they could just be cuddling I have no idea.

Maybe they are looking for a new place to live. Wife says she saw them in the same spot a few weeks ago.

Michael V said:

ruby said:

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I’m not so sure, this site has both European paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp, and they look very very similar-
https://ewasp.com.au/insects-and-arachnids/wasps/
But the recommendation for both is also similar. Nuke them!!

Trev’s wasp has the distinctive yellow dots which the Asian wasp has, but the Euro doesn’t.

Well, just to confuse things, there is a European wasp and a European paper wasp.
And now I know much more about wasps than I did this morning.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

ruby said:

Michael V said:

Asian paper wasp description and photos:

https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/136365

I’m thinking ruby has hit the nail on the head.

I’m not so sure, this site has both European paper wasp and the Asian paper wasp, and they look very very similar-
https://ewasp.com.au/insects-and-arachnids/wasps/
But the recommendation for both is also similar. Nuke them!!

well if I can find them i will but they dont look to be heading to or coming from any particular direction. They are flying around some wooden lattice and landing there every now and then. They almost to me look like they are even possibly mating but they could just be cuddling I have no idea.

Maybe they are looking for a new place to live. Wife says she saw them in the same spot a few weeks ago.

Put a dob of white paint on one and follow it home.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

JudgeMental said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Paper wasp of some sort?

Quite a few of these flying about my backyard. They look to be maybe chewing on the wood here. Cant see an obvious nest anywhere.

Should I be worried?

Looks like a European Wasp.

Yeah well that one has yellow antennas. So I have no idea again.

PMSL. The yellow antennas are yellow with pollen.

Looks like a European wasp to me. We used to feed European wasps here, but I haven’t seen any around for about five years. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen any mud wasps or paper wasps around here recently either.

Thanks a million for that wasp ID guide, roughbarked.