I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

David and I live in a farming area that includes preserved fields and wooded hillsides. Both of us are outside as much as possible, but we like different things in nature. I like plants and birds, ...

Of the more than 4,000 known species of wasps in California, two are known as mud daubers: Sceliphron caementarium (black-and ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

Of the over 4,000 known species of wasps in California, two are known as mud daubers: Sceliphron caementarium (black and yellow mud dauber) and Chalybion californicum (blue mud dauber). Mud daubers ...

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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 ...