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Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
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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
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Charley Eiseman
, 4 March, 2014 - 7:30am
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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?
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Tim Turner
, 4 March, 2014 - 10:39am
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No
But they often make new nests nearby... and
other
wasps (including smaller
Trypoxylon
spp.) may reuse these nests.
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Charley Eiseman
, 4 March, 2014 - 10:41am
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