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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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Colorful wasp - Sceliphron caementarium
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Colorful wasp - Sceliphron caementarium
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 19, 2006

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 28 July, 2006 - 12:06am
Last updated 4 August, 2006 - 10:31pm

It is for sure a Sceliphron!
It is for sure a Sceliphron!
… Martin Hauser, 28 July, 2006 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin & Chuck
I notice a lot of wasps seem to be searching on the ground for something and now realize it's prey, often spiders.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 July, 2006 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Black and yellow mud dauber
The experts can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this color pattern along with that thread-thin waist can only be one species: Sceliphron caementarium.

When they're not gathering mud for their nests, they're hunting for spiders to feed their larvae- a very active wasp.
… Chuck Entz, 28 July, 2006 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

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