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Mud Dauber Facts Overview. Mud daubers a tiny little construction workers with a creepy penchant for young spiders. There are over 30 species of daubers, some of which include the Blue Mud Dauber, Black and Yellow Mud Dauber, and the Organ-Pipe Mud Dauber.
The name refers to the nests that are made by the female wasps, which consist of mud molded into place by the wasp's mandibles. Mud daubers are not normally aggressive, but can become belligerent when threatened.
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.
14 wrz 2024 · Female organ pipe mud dauber wasps construct long, mud tubes in neat rows of five or six that resemble the appearance of organ pipes. (Tami Gingrich photo)
Sceliphron curvatum, also known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus Sceliphron of the wasp family Sphecidae. Like all wasps of this genus, it is a solitary species and builds nests out of mud. S. curvatum is native to some regions of Asia and invasive to Europe.
If you've observed flying insects tending to a mud nest near your home, you've encountered mud daubers. The insects themselves are ¾ to 1 inch in length with a very thin, long 'waist' called a petiole that connects the abdomen to the thorax.
The female mud dauber collects spiders, paralyzes them with her sting, and then places them inside mud chambers within the nest. She deposits an egg on top of one of the spiders in the chamber before sealing it off.
