Photography: Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumenide subfamily)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294278615

Came across this yesterday in the farm, I was kind of wasp it was so I just studied it a little. it was as if it was sucking something from the leaves and I wondered what it was gonna do so I checked out some articles on Wikipedia

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Eumenine wasps are diverse in nest building. The different species may either use existing cavities (such as beetle tunnels in wood, abandoned nests of other Hymenoptera, or even man-made holes like old nail holes and screw shafts on electronic devices) that they modify in several degrees, or they construct their own either underground or exposed nests. The nest may have one or several individual brood cells. The most widely used building material is mud made of a mixture of soil and regurgitated water, but many species.
The name "potter wasp" derives from the shape of the mud nests built by species of Eumenes and similar genera. It is believed that Native Americans based their pottery designs upon the form of local potter wasp nests.[2] The female wasp scrapes up mud or dirt with her mandibles and front legs, combining it with water and saliva to form a mud ball she transports back to adds to her nest under construction.
All known eumenine species are predators, most of them solitary mass provisioners, though some isolated species show primitive states of social behaviour and progressive provisioning.
Source: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_wasp#]

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I guess that guy was just looking for it prey or something.
Thanks for viewing

Detail	Value
Species	Potter and Mason Wasps
Observer	dreeyor
Observed On	June 30, 2023 04:32 PM
Location	Odo-Mola 105103, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Photo ID	529676573
License	CC BY-NC (Some rights reserved)
Device Used	TECNO CF7s

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