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Delta pyriforme philippinense
Feb 11, 2015 - ID updated following MarcoSelis' suggestion: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/878... ======= Large black potter wasp of genus Delta, about 4cm or a little more, with orange antennae and orange wings. Superfamily Vespoidea, family Vespidae, subfamily Eumeninae. Potter wasps are the most diverse subfamily of vespids, with more than 200 genera. Most eumenine species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange, or red (or combinations thereof), but some species, mostly from tropical regions, show faint to strong blue or green metallic highlights in the background colors. Like most vespids, their wings are folded longitudinally at rest.
Spotted amongst Lantana camara flowers in the garden.
Reference: http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/dir2989/id... http://www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N0... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
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Thank you MarcoSelis for ID suggestion on Leana's similar spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/878.... I have also updated my spotting's ID to Delta pyriforme philippinense.