Heath potter Wasp, Eumenes coarctatus.

[nomad]

An example of the rather scarce Heath Potter Wasp, Eumenes coarctatus Linnaeus, 1758, collecting clay from a fallen tree root to take back to a heather sprig, where it will be building a small round clay nest in which to lay its eggs among a well stocked insect food larder containing small caterpillars. In this Britain this species is confined to the heathland in Southern England. This one was photographed in the New Forest, Hampshire in May.