Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium Also known as black and yellow mud dauber Order Hymenoptera -- abelha, formiga, vespa Suborder Apocrita -- abeilles, ants, bees, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, true wasps Superfamily Sphecoidea -- sphecoid wasps Family Sphecidae -- cicadakillers, mud daubers, sand wasps, sphecid wasps Our mud dauber pictures are free for noncommercial use. Please select a thumbnail for larger image   Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Live adult mud daubers photographed at Winfield IL during June - mid September. These wasps are extremely active and rarely stay in one place for more than a few seconds. I've never been lucky enough to find one gathering mud for its nest, neither have I ever seen a nest. I most frequently come across them hunting for prey amongst low vegetation, although I've never seen one catch anything, darn it. The terrible drought in the summer of 2005 in northern Illinois seemed to be good for these lovely creatures- I saw dozens of them, whereas they are usually quite rare.                       Web   www.cirrusimage.com [Cirrus Home]    [Butterflies]    [Bugs]    [Beetles]    [Mantids]    [Spiders]    [Bees & Wasps]    [Dragon & Damselflies]    [Moths]   [Wildflowers] [Fungi & Mushrooms]    [Flies]   [Butterflies of the World]  [Trees of North America]  [Cicadas & Grasshoppers]   [Ticks & Mites]   Please see these guidelines for free noncommercial use of our images. © 2007 Cirrus Digital Imaging Photo researchers: Deadline approaching? We accept all major credit cards and can email your purchases same day. Contact: Bruce Marlin