Sighting and photos (c) gemg.
Sighting and photos (c) jordana1971.
Field Notes - Rural property.
My highly intelligent self marched over to inspect the mound in the rain with thongs on.... Went as well as you would expect. In my defence, was my first time ever seeing fire ants before. Blisters in images.
Nest reported to the National Fire Ant Eradication Program.
AI not confident but suggested Asian Paper Wasp, European Paper Wasp, or European tube wasp, but doesn't look like the latter to me
AI 'pretty sure this is' 'Typical Paper Wasps', I think probably the top suggestion of 'Asian Paper Wasp' based on previous observation