
Black Mud Wasp sealing her nest
Females build a series of one celled mud nests attached to plants, rock faces and buildings (in this instance my garden wall). More mud is then daubed over the entire nest. For a while now she has been collecting insects which are then paralyzed and placed in the nest where she lays her eggs. There is an egg and a paralyzed insect in each of the cells which serve to feed the young when they hatch.
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
By Claire Hamilton
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Uploaded Feb 19, 2014. Captured Feb 19, 2014 17:13 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
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http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Delta_emarginatum
Posted 11 years ago