Large Mud-nesting Wasp
S2, Male, anterior
Ellura
Large Mud-nesting Wasp
S2, Male, Face
 
                      
Large Mud-nesting Wasp (Abispa ephippium)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Potter Wasp (Wasp: Vespidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Large Mud-nesting Wasp (Abispa ephippium)
This Photo:     🔍S2, Male, Waist🔎
Synonym: Abispa abispa
Other names: Australian Hornet, Dauber Wasp, Large Mudnest Wasp, Large Mudwasp, Mud Dauber or Potter Wasp

Thank you Brian Dagley for identifying and Marco Selis for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~20mm long

James M. Carpenter said ""Seven visible metasomal segments is universal in male Vespidae."

Similar Species: Large Mud-nesting Wasp Mimicking Fly (Palimmecomyia pictipennis)

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-Dec-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.