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Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
Photo#133437
Copyright © 2007
Sam Houston
Mud Dauber -
Trypoxylon politum
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 31, 2007
Size: 3/4"
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Contributed by
Sam Houston
on 2 August, 2007 - 9:49pm
Last updated 1 April, 2008 - 8:50pm
Moved
Moved from
Frass
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Sam Houston
, 1 April, 2008 - 8:50pm
Frassed
Moved from
Pipe organ mud dauber
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Sam Houston
, 3 March, 2008 - 2:15pm
Couple.
There is another wasp inside the nest. Typically, T. politum works in male/female pairs, the male defending the nest from predators and parasites while the female is off gathering mud or hunting spiders.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 3 August, 2007 - 3:40pm
wasp
Trypoxylon politum...
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edward trammel
, 2 August, 2007 - 10:24pm