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 ...

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 ...

Curious about how painful a mud dauber sting really is? Watch as I put it to the test and experience the sting firsthand. Will it be as bad as people say? Tune in to find out! Clemson fired gymnastics ...

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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 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 ...

If you don’t like spiders, you should love the blue mud-dauber. Its iridescent blue-black body and deep blue wings give it a tough-guy look but the mud daubers are not known to protect their nests and ...

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 ...

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