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[Bimal Sar kar]

I observed wasps visit Ervatamia Sp  ( dwarf, may be hybrid ). But their posture say that they are not collecting nectar.

Can someone tell me what they are after ?

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Bimal ji.

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[Ushadi Micromini]

Bimal da

wasps are omnivorous

eat insects....  in addition to nectar, fruit juices, honey (stealing from bee"s nests) 

and food usually consumed by humans.

non-vegetarian prey for wasps are spiders, and caterpillars.

i have seen them hovering around hibiscus plants infested with aphids.

and tabernamontana plants release a milky latex like sap.  

may be these wasps like to eat that, 

or eat insects that eat that.

donot know.

30+ minutes of googling did not turn up any such instance, 

may be the info is not there or is buried in some paper that i did not find.

Usha di
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[Ushadi Micromini]

You are welcome. 

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 6:15 PM Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you Ushadi for the input.

With regards,

Bimal

regards

usha di