My Mud Dauber Wasp nest

[Chilli]

I saved this nest from the last place we lived. A mud Dauber wasp made a nest on some rope I have. So as not to damage it I cut the section with the nest off and we brought it here where we now live. Id say it is about 4 to 5 mths old. They make tube like sections out of mud and then lay a larvae with a grub for food in it. 4 just recently hatched, three made it out but one died before getting out as you can see it's antenna there. I didn't catch them hatching unfortunately but hopefully they make here home.

This is what they look like, not my picture, they sound like micro motorbikes flying past you. 😂
Harmless to people, they sting but you'd have to seriously annoy them to get stung.

 

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[tamrock]

Well look at that. The mud dauders down under look the same as the ones in the US. The ones around my house appreciate the times I water my garden. My daughter north of me called and said she had these wasp building a nest above her front door and can I please come up and take care of it. I thought that ain't good, because I had some yellow jackets who built a nest above my door and those bugger didn't at all like it when you slammed the screen door behind as you headed outside, so they got sprayed. I saw that my daughter had some mud daubers that had built a mud nest. I pleaded with her to leave them be and explained that they are peaceful. She Googled it and reluctantly agreed that they can stay. That's a great in flight shot you got. I've wondered at times if it wasn't the sight of an insect such as these building a mud structure didn't spark the mind of some homo sapien thousands of years ago giving them the idea of maybe they could do the same thing with wet dirt, but on a larger scale 🤔

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