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title: "Fraternal Potter Wasp"
description: "Eumenes fraternus — Insetti e ragni. Eumenes fraternus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fraternal-potter-wasp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fraternal Potter Wasp

> Eumenes fraternus — Insetti e ragni. Eumenes fraternus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.

- Scientific name: *Eumenes fraternus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 23293
- Wikidata: [Q4038265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4038265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133765](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133765)

## Names

- en: Fraternal Potter Wasp

## Countries with the most observations

US (17354), CA (1368)

## Summary

Eumenes fraternus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada. The female builds a miniature pot out of mud in which it lays an egg and places a live caterpillar. Its developing larva feeds on this whereas the adult wasp feeds primarily on nectar.

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

## Photo

![Fraternal Potter Wasp](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fraternal-potter-wasp/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182061983

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fraternal-potter-wasp?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).