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A variety of parasitic wasps, ranging from extremely tiny chalcidoid wasps to larger, bright green chrysidid wasps, attack mud dauber nests. They pirate provisions and offspring as food for their own offspring.
Learn about mud dauber wasps, solitary parasitoids that build nests out of mud and spiders. Discover their diversity, behavior, diet, predators, and interesting features.
Learn about the solitary wasps that build mud nests and feed their larvae with paralyzed prey. Find out their characteristics, lifecycle, distribution and more.
Sceliphron caementarium, also known as the yellow-legged mud-dauber wasp, black-and-yellow mud dauber (within the US), or black-waisted mud-dauber (outside of the US), is a species of sphecid wasp.
Learn about mud daubers, solitary wasps that build nests with mud and spiders. Find out how to identify, prevent and remove them safely and effectively.
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.
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.
