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Phimenes flavopictum
Brilliant yellow..like freshly harvested turmeric...and black; a really dazzling combination of colours. Thread waisted.
A biodiversity haven of a garden. This wasp was creating a nest on a DTH receiver! Shyamkhola is an area which is a vanishing biodiversity haven; a part of Kolkata city. A gentleman, now in his nineties or thereabouts has a house here that is home to fantails, civets, snakes and what have you. Because of nesting birds and the fear of snakes he allowed us a limited, but escorted visit, (his wife...a frail, elderly lady) only where there were clear paths.
The mud nest is visible. The wasp was working on it.
Spotted on Nov 14, 2015
Submitted on Nov 14, 2015
