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Potter wasp – Rhynchium haemorrhoidale

vids — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:32:09 +0000

Potter wasps, the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. Wikipedia

Family: Eumenidae
Genus: Rhynchium
Scientific Name: Rhynchium haemorrhoidale

Spotted at Bukit Panjang

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Red Back Mud Wasp – Delta esuriens

vids — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 05:44:35 +0000

Delta is an Old World genus of potter wasps with species predominantly distributed through tropical Africa and Asia. Some species are present in the Palearctic Wikipedia

Scientific Name: Delta esuriens

Spotted at Admiralty Park – June 2010

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Silky Digger Wasp

vids — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 03:39:22 +0000

Scientific Name: Sphex sericeus

Wasps of the genus Sphex are cosmopolitan predators that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae, though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae. There are over 130 known Sphex species. Wikipedia

Thanks Zestin Zoh for the ID

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang Park

The photos are Female Silky Digger Wasp.

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