Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Mud-dauber wasp - Sceliphron asiaticum



Order Hymenoptera
Family Sphecidae
Mud-dauber wasp
09-02-19 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Mud-dauber wasp
09-02-19 © J. Simón Tagtachian
This species is exclusively American, however the epithet asiaticum was assigned by mistake. The Asian species, Sceliphron curvatum, has already been found in Buenos Aires on several occasions.
Mud-dauber wasp
24-02-17 © Ricardo Palonsky
Mud-dauber wasp
01-06-14 © Victoria Mansilla
These wasps build nests with overlapped cells which are covered with a layer of mud and then attached to a surface. There they will stock up on spiders to feed the larvae.