This species is commonly known as the yellow-legged mud dauber wasp. The species name caementarium means “a builder of walls”. These wasps are especially good at constructing earthen homes for ...

What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here's what to know about these pesky summer insects.

Two of these wasps are in a group called mud daubers. Two additional types are known as rusty spider wasps and tarantula hawks. Except for reproduction during spring and fall, ...

Hunting wasps, including the Asian mud dauber, ... The more common black-and-yellow mud dauber’s nests are more like mud condominiums with several cells built closely together, ...

René Eisenbart/The OregonianFrom top to bottom: mud dauber wasp, yellow jacket and honeybee. Bees are important pollinators -- good guys among garden insects. So how can you tell if the buzzing ...

Mud daubers look more like wasps with thin waists, or petioles. Some are entirely black, while others are black with yellow markings, and some are an iridescent blue-black, appearing to change ...

Black and yellow mud dauber females paralyze spiders and store them in their mud nests as food for their young wasps. “In retrospect I should not have been amazed that a spider-killing wasp ...

Mud dauber wasp’s nests are made out of mud, according to the NPMA. Found throughout the U.S., mud daubers are usually black with pale markings. This variety doesn’t usually sting, and they ...

Hunting wasps, including the Asian mud dauber, ... The more common black-and-yellow mud dauber’s nests are more like mud condominiums with several cells built closely together, ...