Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp)Potter Wasp – identity crisis Potter Wasp – larder Potter Wasp – mud nest Potter Wasp – water
The Potter Wasp (Delta latreillei, previously classified as Eumenes latreilli) are great mud nest builders, however they do need access to water, whether it is waterhole, gorges or in our gardens, such as bird baths, fish ponds or pools. These sources of water, enables the mud wasps to mix the sand/clay to create a mud paste for making their nests and adding to existing mud nests.
- 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
Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp)Potter Wasp – identity crisis Potter Wasp – larder Potter Wasp – mud nest Potter Wasp – water
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