Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black potter wasp - Chennai, India

Posted by SKAN on 30-05-2017 00:26
#1

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.

Edited by SKAN on 03-06-2017 16:08

Posted by SKAN on 03-06-2017 16:10
#2

Found ID by googling

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

Thanks.