Euodynerus aspraWindow rescue – Euodynerus aspra

This is a recent window rescue of a beautiful Potter Wasp – Euodynerus aspra – Wasp. These wasps along with the infamous Fiery Tail Mud Potter Wasp – Rhynchium superbum are the wasp that most frequent my bamboo bee hotels.

Source: Norm Farmer, Emerald Beach, NSW, Australia.
Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer
Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer

This specimen is buzzing around the shed window. I caught her using small plastic cup and white paper, I put her down to photograph and she was quite calm and settled. When I let her outside she went back to exploring the bee hotel for the next hour, no aggression.

Source: Norm Farmer, Emerald Beach, NSW, Australia.
Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer
Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer

Euodynerus aspra belong to the subfamily Eumeninae, a cosmopolitan wasp group commonly known as Potter wasps or Mason wasps, in the family Vespidae. This species was first documented in a live observation on the 28 February 2022 in South Ulladulla, New South Wales by Phil Warburton (a well known and regarded Australian citizen scientist).

Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer
Euodynerus aspra, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer

Wasps > Wasps Index | Euodynerus aspra


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Vespoidea
  • Family: Vespidae
  • Subfamily: Eumeninae
  • Tribe: Odynerini
  • Genus: Euodynerus
  • Subgenus: infrageneric Euodynerus
  • Species: Euodynerus aspra

Footnote & References

  1. Euodynerus aspra © Norm Farmer
  2. Euodynerus (Euodynerus) aspra (Giordani Soika, 1962), Wasp, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Euodynerus (Euodynerus) aspra
  3. Australian Polistinae and other Hymenoptera, https://www.facebook.com/groups/188453645581988/

Euodynerus aspraWindow rescue – Euodynerus aspra

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