Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025
I found these potter wasp nests while pruning the plants on my balcony last September. Apparently I’m doing something right; I’ve noticed new species every year since I started planting native wildflowers around the property. Should I start logging observations?
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Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025
Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden. These vespids can be beneficial, collecting beetle larvae and caterpillars to provision their offspring. They lay a single egg in each pot and seal the entrance.
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A white banded potter wasp visiting my flattop goldenrod earlier today.
#wasp #potterwasp #goldenrod #pollinators #wildlifegardening #yxe
This might be a Lobed Mason Wasp or a Canadian Potter Wasp.
[🧵 2/3] More of South Stack's wonderful #wildflowers (and a bonus #insect) photographed at the beginning of this month in the company of my brother @rob_camera.
Clockwise from top left: Sea #Campion (a.k.a Dead Man's Bells, Witches Thimbles or Devil's Hatties!), Common #Centaury, English #Stonecrop, and Sheep's-bit with a Potter #Wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.).
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Seems like I have a new neighbor
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Update: The Potter wasp much have liked what she saw, because the hole has been used, and filled with clay. This is on the inside of the backdoor, so the door will have to stay open throughout the day when possible. I do like doing that anyway, since I work from home.
#wasps #potterwasp #gardeninsects #wildlifegardening #entomology #prairieinsects #yxe
A potter wasp (Euodynerus species) stopped by to look at a tiny hole in my back door. A first for my backyard.
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I picked-up three empty potter wasp nests and left them there, waiting for better light to photograph them. But it rained and the mud dissolved. I kind of like the result.
#InverteFest #PhonePhotography #UrbanNature #PotterWasp #Wasp #Insects
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