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| Rasp Potter Wasp (Euodynerus radula) |
| syn. Odynerus radula (Fabricius), Odynerus localis (Smith), Vespa radula (Fabricius) |
| distribution: Hawai'i Islands: Kaua'i |
| local name: - |
| size: (?) extinction date: last seen in 1925 (?) |
| This species is deemed to be
the first scientifically described insect species from the Hawaiian
Islands, as the first specimen was collected on the day of Cook's landing
on the island of Kauai at the 21. January 1778. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rasp Potter Wasp didn't build own burrows but occupied pre-existing cavities, which it filled with caterpillars of Microlepidopterans as food for its larvae. |
 left:Rasp Potter Wasp (Euodynerus radula) Depiction from 'Fauna Hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org |
| References: - James M. Carpenter: Review of Hawaiian Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Bishop Occasional Papers 99: 1–18 2008 |