Mud Dauber Nest: True to their name ... and can grow in length up to a full inch. Paper wasps come in a rainbow of colors, including red, yellow, black, and brown, and are on the larger end ...

There he began to watch a mud-dauber wasp as she buzzed purposefully to the window sill, stretched her forefeet out like a kitten, and took a sun bath. She seemed to know exactly what she was about.

Most of us know similar wasps the mud daubers, which are in a different family. These mud daubers form 3-plus-inch tubes of clay on boards and structures. The tubes are side by side, like a pipe ...