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Organ Pipe Mud Dauber Nest

Trypoxylon politum

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Field Notes

Description:

Builds characteristic "pipe organ" nests on walls, etc. Provisions with 3-18 spiders per cell. Males may stand guard at nest during its construction and while females forage. Males emit a loud buzzing sound when nest is approached or disturbed.

Habitat:

Eastern North America: Massachusetts south to Florida, west to Kansas, Texas.

Notes:

Spotted this nest on the underside of a rock overhang near the stairs to suspended bridge at Tallulah Gorge State Park

Reference Links:

Organ pipe mud dauber, Species Trypoxylon politum - Pipe organ mud dauber - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedApril 15, 2013

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