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Eumenes sp.
This small mud chamber was about the size of my thumb nail. I don't think the wasp was done building it, as they often will have a narrow neck with an out-turned edge that is very much like a hand-thrown pot made by a human. Typically, once constructed, the female will lay an egg inside, then provision it with live caterpillars and other similar larva that it paralyzes and leaves as a living larder for its own progeny. Once satisfied there is enough food inside, the wasp will seal the pot and go on to build another.
Spotted near Holly Creek in the Cohutta Wilderness Area
Spotted on Aug 30, 2014
Submitted on Sep 12, 2014
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