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Family Vespidae, Subfamily Eumeninae
Potter wasps (or mason wasps) are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. (Wikipedia).
Its common name refers to the fact that some species build pot or casserole shaped mud nests.
Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Aug 14, 2012
9 Comments
Wow!
Thank you for calling my attention to it, Martin. I didn't know about this kind of nest, I knew only that elongated, tube like ones.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/126...
Wonderful photo's!
That is true, Sergio, I don't doubt. When we were at the gold museum in San Jose, Costa Rica there was a graphic of how some pieces were cast; and the molds were shaped very much like this little "pot".
Thank you very much, Ava, John and Nancy for the ID. Seeing this, it is impossible not to think about how much the observation of nature helped in the creation and evolution of the tools used by ancient people.
Looks like a potter wasp to me too.
Yes, potter wasp would be a good possibility
They do make nests like that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_wasp...
Don't know if other things also make similar nests.
A potter wasp?