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neville park<p>Saw the <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BlueBugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueBugs</span></a> hashtag floating around and this ink-blue _Chalybion_ mud dauber immediately came to mind!</p><p>:inaturalist: <a href="https://inaturalist.ca/observations/123658567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ca/observations/12</span><span class="invisible">3658567</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BlueMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueMonday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MudDaubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MudDaubers</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ArthroBeauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthroBeauty</span></a></p>
Richard Dashnau<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@strykeroz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>strykeroz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@aenesidemusoz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aenesidemusoz</span></a></span> I've seen references to mud daubers using vibrations to liquify the mud as they manipulate it. This image is from video I filmed a few years ago that shows the vibration and manipulation as Sceliphron wasps harvested mud. Video link: <a href="http://www.rickubis.com/rick/muddaubers_scobee_091419.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rickubis.com/rick/muddaubers_s</span><span class="invisible">cobee_091419.mp4</span></a> More Hymenopteran stuff on my page here: <a href="https://www.rickubis.com/rick/cowkill.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rickubis.com/rick/cowkill.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/muddaubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muddaubers</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sceliphron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sceliphron</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ichnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ichnology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a></p>