<VV> Mud Dawbers?

[James Davis]

Most Corvair people confuse the nest of a mud dauber wasp with that 
of the Mason bee.  Mason bees plug holes with mud (preferred size is 
1/4 inch in diameter).  Mud daubers build organ pipe structures on 
the sides of buildings, the inside edges of Rampside doors, and 
inside air conditioning housings on Ultra Vans.
Jim Davis.


Mason bee


 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mason bees are named from their habit of making compartments of mud 
in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made 
by wood boring insects.

Mud dauber


 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mud daubers are long, slender wasps, the latter two species above 
with thread-like waists. The name of this wasp group comes from the 
nests that are made by the females, which consist of mud molded into 
place by the wasp's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandible>mandibles. 
There are three common species of mud daubers, each with distinctive 
coloring: the organ-pipe mud dauber (solid black coloring), the black 
and yellow mud dauber, and a stunning metallic-blue mud dauber with blue wings.

The organ-pipe mud dauber, as the name implies, builds nests in the 
shape of a cylindrical tube resembling an 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_%28music%29>organ pipe or 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_flute>pan flute. The black and 
yellow mud dauber's nest is comprised of a series of cylindrical 
cells that are plastered over to form a smooth nest about the size of 
a lemon. The metallic-blue mud dauber foregoes building a nest 
altogether and simply uses the abandoned nests of the other two species.



At 06:11 AM 8/19/2006, Paul Abel wrote:
>Excuse my ignorance, but what are" Mud Dawbers"? I've figured out 
>what "Cavemen" are ('60 Corvair), but I'm stuck on the "Mud Dawber" thing.
>
>Paul Abel.