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Potter Wasp

Insects

Potter wasps are a group of solitary wasps, generally classified as the subfamily Eumeninae within the family Vespidae, named for the small, jug-shaped mud nests that many species build to house their eggs. Unlike the social paper wasps, potter wasps live and hunt alone, provisioning each nest cell with paralyzed caterpillars or other insect larvae as food for their own larva before sealing it shut.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Most eumenine species are black or brown, commonly marked with contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange or red 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Eumeninae 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hymenoptera, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Potter Wasp
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Potter wasp
  • Introduction
    Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group considered as a subfamily of Vespidae
  • Recognition section
    Most eumenine species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange, or red
  • cosmopolitan wasp group
  • Lead
    All known eumenine species are predators, most of them solitary mass provisioners, though some isolated species show primitive states of social behaviour and progressive provisioning.
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2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1756486, descriptionView the Source
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
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Wikidata: Potter Wasp
  • Wikidata Q1756486, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Hymenoptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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