If you live anywhere near water — a lake, pond, or creek — you’re probably going to have cylinders of mud pipes from mud daubers decorating the outside of your home. We’ve found them under the eaves ...

Many people tend to run when they see a wasp and avoid an area if they see one of their nests overhead. However, did you know there is a special species of wasps that also build their nests out of mud ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anyone that lives near water — the lake, pond or creeks — are probably going to have orange cylinders of mud pipes from mud daubers decorating the outside of your home. They can be found under the ...

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 ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...