Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
The adult is a slender solitary wasp with a long threadlike waist, often seen around buildings, bridges, and open areas where it gathers mud and hunts spiders. Females use a venomous sting to paralyze spiders, then seal them into mud cells as food for their young. Adults also visit flowers for nectar and are generally not aggressive toward people unless handled. A notable fact is that this species helps control spider populations while building its distinctive pipe-like mud nests.
- Type
- Venom / Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Black and Yellow Mud Dauber