Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP WaspsBembicinae and Bembix Chrysididae Cuckoo Wasp Potter Wasp Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Torymus Chalcid Wasp
Commonly known as the Orange-tailed Potter Wasp (Delta latreillei), Potter Wasp or Mud Wasp, this is a bold coloured wasp with strong orange and black markings. They are a large potter wasp, widespread across arid, tropical and subtropical Australia.
Pictured here is the Orange-tailed Potter Wasp (Delta latreillei) feeding on the flowers of the Red Bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla) in the Alice Springs Desert Park.
More information in our Fauna > Insects > Wasps > Potter Wasp (Delta latreillei) and Alice Springs Delta latreillei.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Family: Vespidae
- Subfamily: Eumeninae
- Genus: Delta
- Species: Delta latreillei
previously - Genus: Eumenes
- Species: E. latreilli
- Subspecies: Delta latreillei latreillei
Footnote & References
- Delta latreillei (Saussure, 1852), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Delta%20latreillei
- Orange Potter Wasp – Eumenes latreilli, Brisbane Insects and Spider, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_vespoidwasps/PotterWasp2.htm
- Potter Wasps, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/potter-wasps/
ASDP WaspsBembicinae and Bembix Chrysididae Cuckoo Wasp Potter Wasp Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Torymus Chalcid Wasp
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