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title: "Asian Mud-dauber Wasp"
description: "Sceliphron curvatum — Insects & spiders. Sceliphron curvatum, commonly known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus Sceliphron of the wasp family Sphecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/asian-mud-dauber-wasp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Mud-dauber Wasp

> Sceliphron curvatum — Insects & spiders. Sceliphron curvatum, commonly known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus Sceliphron of the wasp family Sphecidae.

- Scientific name: *Sceliphron curvatum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7844
- Wikidata: [Q3411755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3411755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [347823](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/347823)

## Names

- en: Asian Mud-dauber Wasp
- de: Orientalische Mörtelwespe
- fr: Pélopée courbée
- nl: Oosterse langsteelgraafwesp

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1284), FR (722), US (665), ES (563), IT (537), AT (476), CA (355), PT (256), CZ (249), PL (198), UA (168), CH (159)

## Summary

Sceliphron curvatum, commonly known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus Sceliphron of the wasp family Sphecidae. Like all wasps of this genus, it is a solitary species and builds nests out of mud. S. curvatum is native to some regions of Asia and invasive to Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceliphron_curvatum

## Photo

![Asian Mud-dauber Wasp](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-mud-dauber-wasp/medium.jpg)

Photo: zappapy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382211313

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-mud-dauber-wasp?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).