Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasp
探検昆虫
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasp
trypoxylon politum
The Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasp builds amazing tube-shaped nests out of mud! These wasps are great helpers in the garden because they catch and eat spiders.
生息地: You can find them in gardens, fields, and near water sources.
外見
The Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasp is a slender wasp, often iridescent blue-black or violet, with smoky-tinted wings. It has a distinctive long, thread-like 'waist' (petiole) connecting its thorax and abdomen, which sets it apart from other larger-bodied wasps.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Crabronidae属Trypoxylon
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Adult Organ-Pipe Mud-Daubers are gentle nectar-drinkers, acting as valuable flower pollinators.
Female wasps build each long mud 'pipe' by carefully carrying and shaping tiny mud pellets.
The paralyzed spiders they catch are not for themselves, but food for their future baby wasps!
Their amazing blue-black bodies often shimmer with metallic iridescence in bright sunlight.
特殊能力
能力
Expert Masonry
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasps can construct intricate mud nests because of their specialized mandibles and saliva, which helps them build safe nurseries.
能力
Paralyzing Sting
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasps can paralyze spiders with their venomous sting, which helps them store fresh, living food for their young.
能力
Iridescent Camouflage
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasps have an iridescent blue-black body that helps them blend into shaded environments, making them harder for predators to spot.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 25-45 mm
- サイズ
- 15-28 mm
- 寿命
- 20-30 日
- 飛行速度
- 20 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Adults sip nectar, but their babies feast on paralyzed spiders hidden in mud nurseries.
年齢による違い: Adults consume nectar for energy; larvae feed exclusively on spiders provisioned by their mother.
主な食物
- nectar
- spiders
- honeydew
採餌方法
- Pursuit
生態系とのつながり
hunts
European Garden Spider
Araneus diadematus
Main prey for larvae
hunts
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Common spider prey
pollinates
Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Adults feed on nectar
eaten by
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Predator of adult wasps
特徴
別名
Mud-DauberOrgan-Pipe WaspTube Wasp
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
These wasps are not dangerous and rarely sting.
よくある質問
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspの翼開長は何ですか？
25-45 mm
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspのサイズは何ですか？
15-28 mm
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspの寿命は何ですか？
20-30 日
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspの飛行速度は何ですか？
20 km/h
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspは何を食べますか？
Adults sip nectar, but their babies feast on paralyzed spiders hidden in mud nurseries.
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspは通常どこに生息していますか？
You can find them in gardens, fields, and near water sources.
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspはどのように狩りをしますか？
Pursuit
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Waspの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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