Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
14 October 2012
Mud dauber wasp approx 25mm body length. Suspect Sceliphron sp but unsure. ID suggestions welcome
Superficially similar to common mud dauber S.laetum but the body marking is different and lacks black on leg joints.
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
gathering mud
Dos Venadas Ranch,
Starr Co., Texas
14 May 2010
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
gathering mud
Bentsen Rio Grande State Park,
Hidalgo Co., Texas
7 October 2009
Watched it gather mud balls for a long time.
Collecting mud for nest building. UGA experimental Garden:
http://naturedocumentaries.org/636/mud-dauber-wasps-constructing-nests/
Black-and-Yellow Mud Dauber
Palm Beach County, Florida
Sep 10, 2007
ID to Genus #4
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Sceliphron
Species: Caementarium
I think this is a mud dauber nest. I found it in my back yard stuck to the ground and a bicycle tire
