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Mud daubers prefer particular kinds and sizes of spiders for their larders. Instead of stocking a nest cell with one or two large spiders, mud daubers cram as many as two dozen small spiders into a nest cell. To capture a spider, the wasp grabs it and stings it.
Learn about mud daubers, solitary wasps that build mud nests and hunt spiders. Find out how they make their nests, what they eat, and why they are sometimes harmful or beneficial.
Learn about mud daubers, solitary wasps that build nests with mud and spiders. Find out how to identify, remove and prevent them from your home.
Learn about the solitary wasps that build mud nests and feed their larvae with paralyzed prey. Find out their characteristics, lifecycle and distribution in this web page.
Learn about these giant wasps that build nests with mud and catch spiders to feed their larvae. Find out how to identify, avoid and deal with them if they become a problem.
Mud daubers are wasp-like insects that construct nests from mud. They make a variety of nests ranging from elaborate structures (i.e., multiple tubes several inches long or small vase-like nests attached to plant stems) to merely ‘plastering’ up existing cracks or crevices in wood, stone, or masonry.
The Mud-dauber Wasp is usually seen feeding on flower nectar but occasionally found flying with a spider held in its jaws, destined to be fed to larvae in a mud nest.
