Dear Mohan, Yes, these live together in a nest colony. Never witnessed them feeding on nectar together.
Beautiful pictures in your blog. Thanks Raghu ________________________________ From: mchunkat <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2011 6:47 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:74503] Re: Ipomoea carnea - morning glory family & Vespidae tropica (a large Wasp) Dear Raghu, Not a solitary wasp but a social wasp. Check out my blog article at http://mohanchunkath.wordpress.com/?s=wasp&searchsubmit=Find+%C2%BB Cheers, Mohan Chunkath On Jul 19, 5:44 pm, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the correct name of the wasp is Vespa tropica, Vespidae family. I have > witnessed these wasps many times feeding alone. Probably a solitary wasp. > > Thanks > > Raghu > > ________________________________ > From: mchunkat <[email protected]> > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2011 6:07 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:74494] Re: Ipomoea carnea - morning glory family & > Vespidae tropica (a large Wasp) > > The wasp in the photograph is Vespa tropica belonging to family > Vespidae. > Regards, > Mohan Chunkath > > On Jul 19, 5:34 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes Raghu ji, common in Delhi in marshy areas, > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:44 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Here is another one .. > > > Ipomoea carnea - morning glory family & Vespidae tropica (a large wasp) > > > > Thailoor lake, Kokkare bellur, Mandya District, karnataka > > > 9 Mar 2008 > > > > Regards > > > Raghu
