Alex Wild<p>A Sceliphron mud dauber wasp carries a glob of mud back to her mud nest, the weight of her load counterbalanced by her unusual petiolate abdomen. Texas. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sceliphron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sceliphron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sphecidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sphecidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/flight" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flight</span></a></p>
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Richard Dashnau<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@strykeroz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>strykeroz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@aenesidemusoz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aenesidemusoz</span></a></span> I've seen references to mud daubers using vibrations to liquify the mud as they manipulate it. This image is from video I filmed a few years ago that shows the vibration and manipulation as Sceliphron wasps harvested mud. Video link: <a href="http://www.rickubis.com/rick/muddaubers_scobee_091419.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rickubis.com/rick/muddaubers_s</span><span class="invisible">cobee_091419.mp4</span></a> More Hymenopteran stuff on my page here: <a href="https://www.rickubis.com/rick/cowkill.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rickubis.com/rick/cowkill.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/muddaubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muddaubers</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sceliphron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sceliphron</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ichnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ichnology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a></p>
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