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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Eumenes » Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)

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Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Potter Wasp life cycle - Eumenes fraternus

Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 23, 2005

Last post of this wasp until I get back (10 days). I've asked the neighbors to take pictures while I'm gone.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 July, 2005 - 6:14am
Last updated 14 March, 2009 - 6:55pm

Moved

Moved from Eumenes.

… Matthias Buck, 12 December, 2008 - 3:40pm

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Could it be Eumenes?

Evans, H. E. in his book: The Wasps (page.100) says that "The true potter wasps of the genus Eumenes, build individual jug-shaped cells, usually on twigs, often preparing several side by side. Each 'pot' has a funnellike entrance through which the egg is laid and the prey introduced before it is finally sealed". So it sounds like that is what you have.

… Beatriz Moisset, 25 November, 2005 - 5:27pm

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Lynette

Is there more to this story? You left us on the edge of our seats!

… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2005 - 8:04pm

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Well,

I went on vacation....and my neighbor forgot to take any follow up photos. When I got back I'm pretty sure the one developing outside the pot had died. The others still haven't emerged....and I'm still waiting.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 September, 2005 - 9:21pm

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Potter Wasps

Lynette, this is a great set you have here. Thanks for sharing. :)

… Sasha Azevedo, 10 July, 2006 - 10:31pm

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Potter Wasps

By the way.... the other two pots never did anything. I still have the set of three pots.... the entire set of pots is 35 mm long and about 15 mm high.

… Lynette Elliott, 23 January, 2008 - 8:59pm

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