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Delta esuriens
Feb 11, 2015 - ID updated to Delta esuriens following MarcoSelis' suggestion. ======= 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. Delta companiforme gracilior (Giordani Soika, 1986), with distribution in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal), Australia, Egypt, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Senegal, Sumatra, Thailand.
Backyard garden, spotted nectaring on Duranta erecta (Golden Dewdrop) flowers.
Reference: http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJourna... http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id188... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenbob/4874... http://www.vespa-bicolor.net/main/trips/... http://www.oocities.org/brisbane_wasps/M.... Similar to Sachin's spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117....
Spotted on Apr 17, 2013
Submitted on Apr 21, 2013
6 Comments
Thank you MarcoSelis. ID is now updated to Delta esuriens.
This isn't D. campaniforme, but a similar species: D. esuriens.
Thanks Ali! :)
Thanks again Juan! I have now completed the ID. Regards!
Thank you Juan for the lead. I am now looking for genus Delta existing in the Philippines.
This is an Eumenid Wasp (Potter wasp)