book telling what he learned about Sceliphron cementarium during several happy summers. The volume is dedicated to a crippled mud dauber, “Crumple-Wing,” of which Shafer was especially fond.

Some of the common bees and wasps in Wisconsin include honeybees (Apis mellifera), bumblebees (Bombus species), mason bees (Osmia species), yellow jackets (Vespula species), paper wasps (Polistes ...

The black and yellow mud dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) is a type of solitary wasp that is found throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is named for its habit of building nests out of ...