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Mud dauber (or "mud wasp") is a name commonly applied to a number of wasps from either the family Sphecidae or Crabronidae which build their nests from mud; this excludes members of the family Vespidae (especially the subfamily Eumeninae), which are instead referred to as "potter wasps". Mud daubers are variable in appearance.
Chalybion californicum, the common blue mud dauber of North America, is a metallic blue species of mud dauber wasp first described by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1867. It is not normally aggressive towards humans. [2] It is similar in shape and colour to the steel-blue cricket hunter (Chlorion aerarium).
Mud daubers and pollen wasps construct mud cells in sheltered places. [26] ... and pollinate flowers of Penstemon and the water leaf family, Hydrophyllaceae. ...
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The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae.
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. There are some 30 other species of Sceliphron that occur throughout the world, though in appearance and habits they are quite similar to S ...
“Mud daubers are expert soil nest builders,” Lin said. “Mud daubers carefully select the best type of soil for their nests, manage the moisture content of the soil to make it easier to work with, tap the soil repeatedly with their front legs and jaws to compact and make it stronger, and use the natural drying power of the air to harden ...
This seemingly odd behavior, called “mud-puddling,” provides salts and amino acids that are otherwise lacking in a nectar-rich diet. Butterflies sometimes prefer mud puddles to flowers as a ...