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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Eumenes » nests (Eumenes nests)
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Is this half inch orb produced by an insect? - Eumenes
Copyright © 2010 Cathy Wilson

Is this half inch orb produced by an insect? - Eumenes
Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, USA
January 17, 2010
Size: 1/2 inch
Found this on a cabbage palm frond about3 feet off the ground.
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 19 January, 2010 - 8:12pm
Last updated 1 July, 2013 - 6:27pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 1 July, 2013 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 January, 2010 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

Potter wasp
Might be the nest of a potter wasp. I think I can see the distinctive shape it has, similar to this

… Vespula Vulgaris, 19 January, 2010 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
A Eumenes species--many/most have nests like E. fraternus.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2010 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably, but...
There are exotic genera now in Florida that make virtually identical pots (Delta is one, I think....).
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 January, 2010 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
wow!
That is pretty cool. Thanks, Vespula.
… Cathy Wilson, 19 January, 2010 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

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