Amazing Potter Wasp Builds Mud Nest and Lays Egg | NaturalEye | el Liven
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Date: 2021-01-22

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Potter Wasp (Delta conoideum) building a mud pot or nest at a balcony garden in Pune, India.  A solitary female builds the mud nest. Collected mud is patted in place with bifid tarsal claws characteristic of the potter wasp family (Eumeninae) of wasp. The potter wasp then lays an egg in the nest.

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0:00 Potter wasp
0:10 Mud nest 
0:30 Egg laying
0:48 Credits

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📚 References:
Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1 (Full text with illustrations)
https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/12/11/probably-potter-wasp-from-india/
https://bugguide.net/node/view/249
https://drkrishi.com/potter-wasp/
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=4603
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_wasp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_conoideum