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Sceliphron madraspatanum conspicillatum
Mud daubers (family Sphecidae) are black in general with yellow stripes crossing the body and banding the legs; body form is narrowly elongated, thread-waisted with a very narrow constriction at the base of the abdomen. They are solitary wasps that build a hard mud nest, usually on ceilings and walls, attended by a single female wasp. They are not social wasps, do not defend their nests and rarely sting.
Backyard at Virac, Catanduanes Island
ID: Sceliphron madraspatanum (Fabricius, 1781) ssp. conspicillatum (A. Costa, 1864). Distribution: Philippines, Carolines, New Guinea, Solomons. Source: Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision By Richard Mitchell Bohart, Arnold S. Menke. Similar spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/162...
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