Definition of mud dauber in English:
mud dauber
noun
A solitary wasp that builds a mud nest that typically consists of a series of tube-shaped cells on an exposed surface.
Several genera in the family Sphecidae
- These mud dauber wasps were gathering mud balls from my leaking sprinkler so I filmed them doing it.
- Her fly patterns are intricate, exacting, and hold the subtle variances of nature usually reserved for spider webs, mud dauber nests, and snowflakes.
- The mud dauber wasp is named for the way the females construct nests from bits of mud.
- The inorganic material can consist of clay nests of mud from insects (mud daubers) or birds (swallows).
- Note: this is not mud dauber nesting material, but hornet nest.
Definition of mud dauber in US English:
mud dauber
noun
A solitary wasp that builds a mud nest that typically consists of a series of tube-shaped cells on an exposed surface.
Several genera in the family Sphecidae
- Note: this is not mud dauber nesting material, but hornet nest.
- These mud dauber wasps were gathering mud balls from my leaking sprinkler so I filmed them doing it.
- Her fly patterns are intricate, exacting, and hold the subtle variances of nature usually reserved for spider webs, mud dauber nests, and snowflakes.
- The mud dauber wasp is named for the way the females construct nests from bits of mud.
- The inorganic material can consist of clay nests of mud from insects (mud daubers) or birds (swallows).