Ropalidia Wasp

Ropalidia cf. brevita

Description:

Ropalidia is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus Ropalidia is unique because it contains both independent and swarm-founding species. Ropalidia romandi is one of the swarm founding species, meaning that new nests are founded by a large group of workers with a smaller number of inseminated females (egg-laying queens), while Ropalidia revolutionalis is independent-founding, meaning that each nest is founded by a single queen.

Habitat:

Seen at a small farm near a river

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca 6 years ago

Ropalidia Wasp

Ropalidia cf. brevita http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/viewFile/2426/3456/6512

6 Comments

Wild Things 6 years ago

Thank you for your help Sukanya. That nest spotting is awesome :-)

SukanyaDatta 6 years ago

So glad the jugaad worked for you...and I am adding a link about my Ropalidia spotting ...rope like nest. Hope you like it.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/174...

Wild Things 6 years ago

I could not remove the s but, I typed the address without the s and it worked! Thank you Sukanya :-)

SukanyaDatta 6 years ago

Try taking the s out of the htpps in the address bar. Then press enter and wait for the page to refresh...let me know if it worked!

Wild Things 6 years ago

Thank you for the ID, Doc! Unfortunately, I cannot edit the spotting to show the correct ID. I tried it several times in the past and even 3-4 times today. I am not sure what has gone wrong. Updated the ID on Flickr though :-)