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The organ pipe mud dauber gets its name from the distinctive shape and composition of its nests. It is native to eastern North America. Organ pipe mud daubers are also an exceedingly docile species of wasp, and generally beneficial to have around, as they serve to keep spider populations down; larvae feed on living paralyzed spiders. [2]
New organ pipe mud dauber wasp nest, showing different muds gathered from different places. The organ pipe mud dauber, one of many mud daubers in the family Crabronidae, builds nests in the shape of a cylindrical tube resembling an organ pipe or pan flute. Common sites include vertical or horizontal faces of walls, cliffs, bridges, overhangs ...
Synoeca septentrionalis is one of five species of wasps in the genus Synoeca. [1] It is a swarm-founding wasp that is also eusocial, [2] exhibiting complicated nest structure and defense mechanisms [3] and a colony cycle including a pre-emergence phase and a post-emergence phase. [4] It is typically found in areas from Central to South America. [3]
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Synoeca is a genus of eusocial paper wasps found in the tropical forests of the Americas. Commonly known as warrior wasps or drumming wasps, they are known for their aggressive behavior, a threat display consisting of multiple insects guarding a nest beating their wings [2] in a synchronized fashion, and an extremely painful sting (rating at the highest level of 4 in the Schmidt sting pain index).
Thanks largely to milder winters and a plentiful food supply, yellow jacket wasps are now building "super nests" in Alabama, according to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.. Entomologists ...
Dolichovespula maculata is a species of wasp in the genus Dolichovespula and a member of the eusocial, cosmopolitan family Vespidae.It is taxonomically an aerial yellowjacket but is known by many colloquial names, primarily bald-faced hornet, but also including bald-faced aerial yellowjacket, bald-faced wasp, bald hornet, white-faced hornet, blackjacket, white-tailed hornet, spruce wasp, and ...
Sceliphron, also known as black mud daubers or black mud-dauber wasps, is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps. They are solitary mud daubers and build nests made of mud. Nests are frequently constructed in shaded niches, often just inside of windows or vent openings, and it may take a female only a day to construct a cell ...