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Indian potter wasp

Delta pyriforme pyriforme

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Desert

Reference Links:

Potter wasp, http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/November/o246826xi101313-1322.pdf

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
bayucca
Might be a Delta sp., but for me not Delta pyriforme pyriforme, markings are different, but anyway tricky to see in these pictures.
injica
Thank you, I consider myself too very lucky when the nature bless me with such a scenes :)
LaurenZarate
What a wonderful spot! I have a little pot I found on a wooden frame, and have always wanted to find a wasp with her pot. Lucky you!
Scott Frazier
This is a potter wasp (family Vespidae). I don't know the species...But a related species is seen here http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_wasps/MudDauber.htm Yours will have a distribution range that Includes your part of India...

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2012

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