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Thread-waisted Wasp
Phimenes flavopictum
22.5667, 88.3667
Field Notes
Description:
Brilliant yellow..like freshly harvested turmeric...and black; a really dazzling combination of colours. Thread waisted.
Habitat:
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.
Notes:
The mud nest is visible. The wasp was working on it.
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 14, 2015
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