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Field Notes

Notes:

it made one pot than put one live larvae in side the pot for the feeding of new born wasp. than made another pot on top that ! same repeats for ground plus 2 pots. all are sealed well each pot having separate larvae. that's it the mother left and it will never come back again. it took 1 hr 2 minit's for making one pot. you can see the larvae it moving here and there and its live.
for emerging the new wasp it took exactly 23 days but i didn't record the emerging since it came out my absence.

i have given the link below if interested persons may click the link as well..
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=490698

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Comments (4)

Leuba Txs it's other way around human must be learned the pot making from wasp. Bx wasp is millions years old species...
Whenever I look at they clay pot nests I think the wasps must have had lessons from a South Indian potter ! They look so much like the terracotta "paanai" we get in the South. Nice series & good follow-up. Thanks.
Awesome follow up of the story! Thanks for sharing :-)
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PublishedOctober 30, 2014

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