Two of these wasps are in a group called mud daubers. Two additional types are known as rusty spider wasps and tarantula ...

For a good angle, she lay in the mud, then pre-focused on a likely flight path and began shooting continuously. The female mud-dauber wasps use the mud balls to build their nests. Collecting them into ...

Most of us know similar wasps the mud daubers, which are in a different family. These mud daubers form 3-plus-inch tubes of clay on boards and structures. The tubes are side by side, like a pipe ...