Brown Potter Wasp - Delta sp.
FAMILY VESPIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about the Brown Potter Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm, carrying a caterpillar
Potter Wasp searching for prey
- A Potter Wasp found a prey. It was a small caterpillar hiding in its shelter. The shelter was built by silk binding leaves together. The caterpillar seemed quite safe inside.
- However, after the wasp confirmed there was a caterpillar inside, the wasp cut open a small hole and stung the caterpillar. Then the wasp cut the leaves and got the caterpillar back to its 'Pot' as the food of her offspring.
- The pictures was taken early summer 2004 in Karawatha Park.
Potter Wasp Capturing a Caterpillar
- On a mid-summer suuny hot day, the potter wasp found a looper caterpillar.
- The potter wasp bit and stung the caterpillar before carried it away.
- Those pictures were taken in Karawatha forest on Jan 2020.
