Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp

Description:

This wasp is all to common in Mauritius and like all its relatives it can deliver several nasty stings at once. Only when i had downloaded the picture off my camera did i notice an egg deposited in the top brood cells of the nest. This is most likely a new Queen or Foundress preparing a new nest. Throughout the incubation the foundress, and eventually workers, bring the developing larvae soft caterpillars on which to feed.

Habitat:

Throughout the Tropical Pacific to Japan and into the Asian continent.