What type of bug 'nest' is this?? Hmmm...

gssgarden · July 7, 2012

Daughter saw this on our Parsley. Any ideas??

Looks like a little clay pot! lol

Looks like something one of those mud wasps would make.

Greg

Sorry for my big hand in the way!! lol

meadowyck · July 7, 2012

looks like a mud dobbler, although I've only ever seen them on door/window frames. Can't wait to see what others say.

http://www.drkrishi.com/black-and-yellow-mud-dauber

delltraveller · July 7, 2012

My guess would be an organ-pipe mud dauber, a sphecid wasp species. They're solitary wasps and don't defend their nests like hornets or yellow jackets, so you should consider them your friends. The organ-pipe variety is all black.

lakelady · July 9, 2012

I get mud wasps in the garage, what a mess cleaning up after them is lol...at least outdoors you don't have to sweep!

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meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	looks like a mud dobbler, although I've only ever seen them on door/window frames. Can't wait to see what others say. http://www.drkrishi.com/black-and-yellow-mud-dauber __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	I get mud wasps in the garage, what a mess cleaning up after them is lol...at least outdoors you don't have to sweep! __________________ Antoniette

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delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	My guess would be an organ-pipe mud dauber, a sphecid wasp species. They're solitary wasps and don't defend their nests like hornets or yellow jackets, so you should consider them your friends. The organ-pipe variety is all black.