The Asian mud dauber’s arrival to Colorado shouldn’t be a big deal, they are not displacing other common mud daubers and there are plenty of spiders to go around in landscapes. Related Articles ...

The Asian mud dauber, which I first found in my landscape in 2016, is native to Asia, ... It is a hunting wasp, not at all like familiar social wasps we know — yellowjackets, ...

The Asian mud dauber’s arrival to Colorado shouldn’t be a big deal, they are not displacing other common mud daubers and there are plenty of spiders to go around in landscapes.

But despite the wasp’s appearance, it is not the ordinary aggressive wasp you might be thinking about. In addition, the mud daubers have some very interesting behaviors. Few people realize that ...

Mud dauber wasp venom is meant to capture and paralyze spiders and is not intended for defense like with other wasps and bees. Therefore, it is not typically dangerous to people.

Mud daubers are a type of wasp that has developed a particularly interesting nesting behavior — they grow their young in individual mounds and tunnel systems that they create out of mud.

Mud dauber wasp nests are seen Sunday, May 12, 2024, alongside the frame of a Pennsylvania frogs poster at Bear Swamp Park in Upper Mount Bethel Township.

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