Yellow Paper Wasp Nest – Ropalidia romandi, dwelling, Eagle Heights.
The nest consists of an outer papery layer covering horizontal rows of combs and is unlike the clusters of the other three paper wasp nests in my collection.
The nests are commonly found under building eaves, as here, or hanging from tree branches.
The species occurs in Queensland and the Northern Territory. The wasp, at 1.2 cm long, is considered small. Its sting is very painful.
It is the same genus as the medium sized wasps which built their nest on a cactus, featured in an earlier post this year.
