Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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)
Photo#888662
What made this mud nest? - Sceliphron caementarium
Copyright © 2014 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

What made this mud nest? - Sceliphron caementarium
Rancho Bernardo, San Diego County, California, USA
January 28, 2014
Size: 3 in
Less than one foot above the ground. There was a pile of mud underneath on the dry grass as well.

Images of this individual: tag all
What made this mud nest? - Sceliphron caementarium What made this mud nest?
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 28 January, 2014 - 11:11pm
Last updated 3 March, 2014 - 8:44am

Moved
Moved from Megachilinae.
Let's keep this one here.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 March, 2014 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black and Yellow Mud Dauber.
… John S. Ascher, 3 March, 2014 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Coverings, Cases, Retreats and Nests.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 February, 2014 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Recycled nest
This is a Sceliphron caementarium nest that has been reused by resin bees (Megachilidae).
… Charley Eiseman, 10 February, 2014 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting
Recycling Hymenoptera. Pretty cool. Thank you Charley!
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 10 February, 2014 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 February, 2014 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact