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Mud - Eumenes
Copyright © 2010 wingedmary

Mud - Eumenes
Near Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, USA
October 9, 2010
Size: About the size of a nicke
This mud nest was plastered to the side of the house already open. The contents are in second photo. Nothing seemed alive. What are they and are there more than one kind?

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Contributed by wingedmary on 20 November, 2010 - 9:57pm
Last updated 29 June, 2013 - 6:13pm

Moved
Moved from Eumenes.
… Matthias Buck, 29 June, 2013 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 December, 2010 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Potter wasp (Eumenes)
Potter wasps stuff their nests full of paralyzed caterpillars to feed their young. One egg is laid in each nest. It looks like most of the prey caterpillars in this nest are inchworms (larvae of geometrid moths).
… Charley Eiseman, 21 November, 2010 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

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