Cool. Social insects have such fascinating behaviors, great to see them close up. I can only imagine how all those behaviors are stored in their tiny brains.
Yeah the nests of these look like cylinder shaped organ pipes..and they look a little different than the ones pictured here..these are solid black/blue with a thinner midsection. Nah never made a video I just sit and observe every now and then
Quite industrious!
MeebleMeeble 2 years ago
Cool. Social insects have such fascinating behaviors, great to see them close up. I can only imagine how all those behaviors are stored in their tiny brains.
Music was a good choice too.
11martini 3 years ago
yeah, their instinctive behaviours are well-organized and fascinating to watch.
i have read that this species reproduce in parthenogenesis (virgin generation without mating with males).
sigma1920 3 years ago
We have these here in West Virginia..they make little hollow mud nests..very pretty type of wasp
fa272 3 years ago
that's cool!
did u make a vid of them?
the mud nest of this species has a unique entrance which looks like a tiny chimney.
sigma1920 3 years ago
Yeah the nests of these look like cylinder shaped organ pipes..and they look a little different than the ones pictured here..these are solid black/blue with a thinner midsection. Nah never made a video I just sit and observe every now and then
fa272 3 years ago
that's okay.
glad to meet a wasp-lover.
i have yet to observe their hunting behaviours and storing the prey in the nest.
sigma1920 3 years ago
nice music
Energyium 3 years ago
thx.
if u are also interested in their behaviours, check out my new vids.
recently i could observe their nesting.
watch?v=3ZNCB7Nthvs
watch?v=nUye2zZZiRA
watch?v=tTdwav2yxHE
sigma1920 3 years ago
I made a mason bee box but ended up attracting a mason wasp. I saw her yesterday!
robomantis 3 years ago
cool!
didn't u shoot a vid of her?
sigma1920 3 years ago
No sadly :( when i saw her i had no camera with me :( but i will try to get a video.
robomantis 3 years ago
this is very good footage
5TX1 4 years ago
thank you so much.
sigma1920 3 years ago
Beautiful creature. Sucky ass mud pie making music.
Phishboy26 4 years ago
Its interesting to watch little insect working.. but the music on the background was annoying a bit.
alainjepp 4 years ago
thanks for watching and frank comment.
this solitary wasp species is known to build a nest of mud with the chimney-like entrance.
i wanted to find out her construction site.
but whenever i ran after her, i lost her on the way....
sigma1920 4 years ago
...then bake at 350 degrees and insert eggs after cooling! :)
jcmegabyte 4 years ago
yeah, it's party time, kids! lol
as you know, this wasp hunts lots of lepidoptera caterpillars.
hence nemesis for you?
sigma1920 4 years ago
It is friendly like dirt daubers?
PolizeiPaul 3 years ago
think so....
(unfortunately, never seen dirt daubers with my own eyes.)
this wasp shown here is called as "entotsu-dorobachi" which means a "chimney mud wasp" in japanese.
sigma1920 3 years ago