Large Mud-nesting Wasp S2, Male, anterior | Large Mud-nesting Wasp S2, Male, Face | |||||
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) | |||||
| |||||
|