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Black potter wasp - Chennai, India
SKAN
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Posted on 29-05-2017 23:26
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 Observed near Chennai, INDIA on 11-May-2017.
Length 1.5cm, Black solitary wasp with blue iridescent wings
This photo was taken near its nest (a hole in dead wood stick)
I find them feeding on nectar of Crown flower (Calotropis gigantea)

Can someone Please ID the Family/Genus?

Thanks.
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SKAN
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 Found ID by googling

Black Potter Wasp
Allorhynchium sp,
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae

Thanks.
 
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