March 26, 2022

This is the nest of the Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp, They have 2 broods every year

They might build a nest, or they might be a pest

And lay eggs in the nest of a peer.

Location: Riverview Park, Vero

Sources: https://arthropod.uark.edu/organ-pipe-mud-daubers/

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

October 21, 2021

This is the home of the Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp

These wasps are generally docile unless you bother them

Mama wasps fill each tube with live paralyzed spiders

To provide a warm meal for their larvae, who gobble them. 

(Wasps can be pretty mean to spiders. Maybe I should have saved this one for Halloween!)

Location: My house, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Pipe-Organ-Mud-Dauber-Wasp

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson