-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)​

-Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

-Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)

-Vespoid Wasps (Superfamily Vespoidea)

-Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies (Family Vespidae)

-Potter and Mason Wasps (Subfamily Eumeninae)

Potter wasps create their nests using clay/mud rather than paper. They collect water and then mix it with dry soil using their mandibles. The mud mixture is transported to the nest-making site where it is fashioned into individual pots. As the pot nears completion, the female lays a single egg inside of the nest. They then provision the pot with a caterpillar or beetle larva that has been paralyzed by a sting. The pot is then sealed with a clay plug leaving the paralyzed prey to await the wasp's hatchling larva.