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Black-and-yellow Mud-dauber Wasps
Sceliphron
Sceliphron is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps, commonly referred to as mud daubers. They are solitary and build nests made of mud. Nests are frequently constructed in shaded niches, often just inside of windows or vent openings, and it may take a female only a day to construct a cell requiring dozens of trips carrying mud. Females will add new cells one by one to the nest after each cell is...
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
speciesSceliphron caementarium
Asian Mud-dauber Wasp
speciesSceliphron curvatum
Sceliphron madraspatanum
speciesSceliphron madraspatanum
Sceliphron spirifex
speciesSceliphron spirifex
Sceliphron laetum
speciesSceliphron laetum
Sceliphron formosum
speciesSceliphron formosum
Sceliphron destillatorium
speciesSceliphron destillatorium
Sceliphron fistularium
speciesSceliphron fistularium
Sceliphron deforme
speciesSceliphron deforme
Sceliphron asiaticum
speciesSceliphron asiaticum
Clayman's Mud-dauber Wasp
speciesSceliphron assimile
Sceliphron javanum
speciesSceliphron javanum
Sceliphron coromandelicum
speciesSceliphron coromandelicum
Sceliphron fuscum
speciesSceliphron fuscum
Sceliphron jamaicense
speciesSceliphron jamaicense
Sceliphron argentifrons
speciesSceliphron argentifrons
Sceliphron rufopictum
speciesSceliphron rufopictum
Sceliphron shestakovi
speciesSceliphron shestakovi
Sceliphron fossuliferum
speciesSceliphron fossuliferum
Sceliphron intrudens
speciesSceliphron intrudens
Sceliphron murarium
speciesSceliphron murarium
Sceliphron neobilineatum
speciesSceliphron neobilineatum
Sceliphron paraintrudens
speciesSceliphron paraintrudens
Sceliphron pietschmanni
speciesSceliphron pietschmanni
Sceliphron seistaniensis
speciesSceliphron seistaniensis
Sceliphron unifasciatum
speciesSceliphron unifasciatum
Sceliphron fasciatum
speciesSceliphron fasciatum
Sceliphron fervens
speciesSceliphron fervens
Sceliphron funestum
speciesSceliphron funestum
Sceliphron leptogaster
speciesSceliphron leptogaster
Sceliphron aterrimus
speciesSceliphron aterrimus
Sceliphron isaaci
speciesSceliphron isaaci
Sceliphron rectum
speciesSceliphron rectum
Sceliphron arabs
speciesSceliphron arabs
Sceliphron quartinae
speciesSceliphron quartinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121822.