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Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
Photo#162604
Copyright © 2007
tom murray
Pipe organ mud dauber nest -
Trypoxylon politum
Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
August 14, 2007
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 27 December, 2007 - 5:01pm
Last updated 10 August, 2010 - 5:29pm
Yes.
You can see exit holes where the adults chewed their way to freedom. Smaller holes may be from parasitic wasps like chrysidids.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 27 December, 2007 - 5:15pm
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looks very large...
i wonder if it was built by just one female? its interesting to see the varying colors in the mud, which must mean that she used different sources of mud.
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Vespula Vulgaris
, 27 December, 2007 - 6:11pm
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