Tleres potter wasp (Delta tleres) is a species of animal in Vespidae, a solitary wasp, shiny yellow, shiny black and dull black with a yellow striped belly, a long and narrow waist, a nest built using mud and a circular shape affixed to a cliff.
D. tleres has an overall black head and hair. A pair of black eyes. A pair of antennas, long and black. The back is all black and hairy. A pair of wings is black and transparent.
Belly shaped water droplets, pointed tip, striped crosswise, black and bright yellow, linear folds on the sides. The top has five segments in yellow and four segments in black. The bottom part has five black segments and four yellow segments.
The stomach and back are connected by a long, narrow, downward curved pipe, the middle is enlarged, the back end is smaller, is black with two yellow plots at the top in the middle and close to the back end.
The Tleres potter wasp builds a pitcher-shaped mud cell in a location protected from the sun, wind and rain to lay its eggs. The female collects moist mud around, forming small mud balls 2 mm in diameter, then transported by mouth and forelegs to the pot site.
The female looks for caterpillars among nearby plants, immobilizes and inserts into mud cells. Eggs are creamy yolk for 3 mm. The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the caterpillars. Males and females perch on the grass to rest after sunset.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Delta
Species: Delta tleres
D. tleres has an overall black head and hair. A pair of black eyes. A pair of antennas, long and black. The back is all black and hairy. A pair of wings is black and transparent.
Belly shaped water droplets, pointed tip, striped crosswise, black and bright yellow, linear folds on the sides. The top has five segments in yellow and four segments in black. The bottom part has five black segments and four yellow segments.
The stomach and back are connected by a long, narrow, downward curved pipe, the middle is enlarged, the back end is smaller, is black with two yellow plots at the top in the middle and close to the back end.
The Tleres potter wasp builds a pitcher-shaped mud cell in a location protected from the sun, wind and rain to lay its eggs. The female collects moist mud around, forming small mud balls 2 mm in diameter, then transported by mouth and forelegs to the pot site.
The female looks for caterpillars among nearby plants, immobilizes and inserts into mud cells. Eggs are creamy yolk for 3 mm. The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the caterpillars. Males and females perch on the grass to rest after sunset.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Delta
Species: Delta tleres