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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Trypoxylini » Trypoxylon » Subgenus Trypargilum (Trypoxylon Subgenus Trypargilum) » Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
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Wasp Nest on Shed Door? - Trypoxylon politum
Copyright © 2014 Tim Turner

Wasp Nest on Shed Door? - Trypoxylon politum
Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
August 4, 2013
I seem to see the legs of three different spiders sticking out in various places.
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Contributed by Tim Turner on 3 March, 2014 - 2:23pm
Last updated 4 March, 2014 - 7:30am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Coverings, Cases, Retreats and Nests.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 March, 2014 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the ID, Charley. I have yet to get a photo of Trypoxylon politum. I'll have to keep an eye out this summer. Will this year's generation reuse the same nest?
… Tim Turner, 4 March, 2014 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
No
But they often make new nests nearby... and other wasps (including smaller Trypoxylon spp.) may reuse these nests.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 March, 2014 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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