Inspired by the way mud dauber wasps build their nests, one assistant professor began to consider the ways we could build ...

Some people describe them as a football shape. Mud Dauber Nest: True to their name, mud dauber wasps construct their home out of mud. Their nests resemble compact, cylindrical mud tubes attached ...

The female mud-dauber wasps use the mud balls to build their nests. Collecting them into clusters, they then carve chambers inside the balls into which the females lay their eggs. Before closing each ...

"In this study, the nests are made by Sceliphron, which are wasps of the family Sphecidae, superfamily Apoidea. "These are well-known mud-daubers in much of the warmer parts of the world.

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 ...