The great potter wasp is a solitary wasp, a large member of the Eumeninae subfamily.
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
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Uploaded Mar 30, 2014. Captured Mar 29, 2014 17:48.
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The great potter wasp is a solitary wasp, a large member of the Eumeninae subfamily.
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I think this is a potter wasp. Either Delta unguiculatum or another similar species.
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id280950/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_(genus)
This site is in French, but you can see the photos and a video of how they build the nest for their eggs.
http://www.insecte.org/spip.php?article102 Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
I named this photo wasp last night, but it was too late too identify. He changed it to bee...
I tried to identify it today, but I was not sure because of the colour and shape variation in some of the spots. These could either be subspecies variations or different species. I posted the comment for whoever would be interested.
You know what I do when I am not sure - I continue searching, but with such a common word for the genus name, it was not easy. In the second round I tried searching with the country name written in Turkish (Türkiye). There were no photos, but I found some local articles, surprisingly in English, containing lists of wasp species found in Turkey. The bottom line: at least 2 subspecies of Delta unguiculatum have been recorded and one other species of the same genus, which only has brownish spots. I still have to create the species manually though... Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/5/contests/270/jungledragon_wildlife_photo_contest_april_2014.html Posted 11 years ago