Inside the row of cylinders of a mud dauber wasp nest, you will find the dauber larvae snuggled up tight, just waiting to be fed by their parents. While Mom was busy building this organ-pipe architectural marvel completely out of mud and hunting around the eaves of the front porch ceiling for delicious spiders, mosquitoes and aphids, Dad has been hanging around the hole to pass the food along and take all the credit. Don’t say I never did nothin’ for ya, kid.

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