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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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Mud Dauber Wasp Nest - Trypoxylon politum
Copyright © 2018 Preston Chappell

Mud Dauber Wasp Nest - Trypoxylon politum
Peachtree Corners, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
December 28, 2016
Possibly from an "Organ Pipe Mud Dauber" (Trypoxylon politum) (??) Observed on a boulder adjacent to an intermittent stream.
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Contributed by Preston Chappell on 16 March, 2018 - 8:50am
Last updated 16 March, 2018 - 10:05am

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Moved from ID Request.

Nice to see an example in a natural habitat for a change.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 March, 2018 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Charley.
I also had some photographs of similar mud dauber nests on the underside of a storm drain manhole cover but I went with the "au naturel" shot. Really appreciate your help!
… Preston Chappell, 16 March, 2018 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

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