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Potter Wasps or Mason Wasps – Eumeninae sp

vids — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:46:18 +0000

Eumeninae is a diverse subfamily of solitary wasps within the family Vespidae, commonly known as potter wasps or mason wasps.

Location: MacRitchie Reservoir – March 2022

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Ichneumonid wasps

vids — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:46:08 +0000

The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species described as of 2016. Wikipedia

Location: Choa Chu Kang Park – June 2022

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Chalybion bengalense

vids — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 02:31:12 +0000

Chalybion bengalense, also known as the oriental mud dauber, is a widely distributed member of the Chalybion genus. Melittobia assemi has been reported as a parasite of this species. Wikipedia

Dairy Farm Nature Park, May 2022

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Provespa anomala

vids — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 02:18:11 +0000

Provespa anomala, known as the Night Hornet, is a unique, nocturnal wasp from Southeast Asia, famous for being the only truly night-active wasp in its subfamily (Vespinae), with large eyes for night vision, brown color, and unique swarm-founding behavior where a queen leaves with many workers to start a new nest, unlike typical hornets. These elusive insects build greyish-brown paper nests from plant fibers and are often attracted to lights at night.

Location: Lornie PCN – May 2022

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Mud Wasp – Delta pyriforme

vids — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:59:47 +0000

Delta pyriforme is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. They are distributed across Asia. Wikipedia

Sungei Buloh – May 2025

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Cuckoo Wasp – Chrysis sp

vids — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 02:06:31 +0000

Chrysis is a very large genus of cuckoo wasps It is the largest genus in the family, including over 1,000 species in over 20 subgenera, as speciose as all … wikipedia

Location: Sungei Buloh – July 2024

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Velvet Ant

vids — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:35:39 +0000

The Mutillidae are a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their resemblance to an ant, and their dense pile of hair, which most often is bright scarlet or orange, but may also be black, white, silver, or gold. Wikipedia

It’s a Wasp, not an Ant, Females lack wings and have a stinger. Velvet, because they are fuzzy, and ant, because they look like an ant.

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Dec 2022

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Black Mud-dauber Wasp

vids — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:27:18 +0000

Scientific name: Sceliphron javanum

Sceliphron, also known as black mud daubers or black mud-dauber wasps, is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps. They are solitary mud Wikipedia

Location: Lornie PCN – Feb 2024

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Blue Carpenter Bee – Xylocopa caerulea

vids — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:30:17 +0000

Blue Carpenter Bee – Xylocopa caerulea is a species of carpenter bee. Wikipedia

Location: Singapore Poly – Dover – March 2023

Xylocopa caerulea is on Singapore Stamps 1985 Insects Definitives Series

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Hover Wasp – Eustenogaster micans

vids — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:33:13 +0000

Eustenogaster: These relatively large and robust hover wasps present a distinctive nest structure with the central part of the nest formed by a comb of a bunch… Wikipedia

Thanks, Zestin Soh Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

Location: Rifle Range Nature Park – Dec 2022

Hover Wasp – Eustenogaster hauxwelli

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