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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphron) » Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)
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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber - Sceliphron caementarium
Copyright © 2009 Eric Matthews

Black and Yellow Mud Dauber - Sceliphron caementarium
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA
June 28, 2009
Size: 1 inch
I am pretty sure this is a mud wasp in the genus Sceliphron. Top corner of garage nest was forming. Is it caementarium spp?

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Contributed by Eric Matthews on 28 June, 2009 - 9:13pm
Last updated 3 August, 2020 - 1:21pm

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I agree with Breanna, black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium

… Andrew Williams, 28 June, 2009 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Scary little guys...found the
Scary little guys...found the nest on house...it didn't stay there long
… Eric Matthews, 28 June, 2009 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
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They pretty much mind their own business. I've never been stung by one, but can't say the same about the paper wasps. I think the mud daubers get pretty preoccupied building the nests.
… Andrew Williams, 28 June, 2009 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

 
I guess this is one way to
I guess this is one way
to get to know and appreciate the different species...wonderful website and resource!
… Eric Matthews, 28 June, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

It's a mud dauber
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Sceliphron caementarium.
… Breanna Lyle, 28 June, 2009 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
Thanks...
… Eric Matthews, 28 June, 2009 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

 
No Problem!
Glad to help!
… Breanna Lyle, 28 June, 2009 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

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