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Trypoxylon politum
This mud nest was in a wooden window in an abandoned cabin in an oak forest.
Old house in an oak forest.
Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Nov 14, 2012
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Thank you Karen Puracan for the ID, the link and the interesting info.
A beautiful, dainty wasp. Harmless unless deliberately provoked . One female makes a tube of mud, and lays an egg in the Back of the tube. She then stuffs it with several paralyzed spiders for the larvae to eat when it hatches before sealing off that section. She repeats it two or three times in each tube. The hole shows where the newly - emerged adult wasp chewed its way out.
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