Australian hornet band marking the abdomen. The insects wings are largely translucent, but tinted orange with black areas at the wing's end. Being a member of the potter wasp subfamily (Eumeninae), "A. ephippium" females build large nests in sheltered positions using mud. The females search for prey (including spiders and caterpillars) around trees and shrubs, before sealing the captured insects inside the nest's cells. The larvae then feed upon these insects, before emerging. Australian hornet The Australian hornet ("Abispa ephippium"), actually a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid insect native to the Australian states and territories of the
HMS Hornet (1794) was in company with when they captured the Spanish vessel "Aguilla". In August 1802 "Hornet" came under the command of Lieutenant Robert Tucker. Next month Commander Peter Hunt replaced Tucker. In June 1803, "Hornet" was in Commodore Samuel Hood's squadron at the capture of St. Lucia. The squadron, including "Hornet", went on to capture Tobago on 25 June. On 3 September "Hornet" captured a Dutch ship, whose name was not recorded, that was carrying 410 slaves. Then in September Hood went on to take the colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from the Batavian Republic. On 20 September "Hornet", the schooner