species 1,398 observations
Covered-cell Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron laetum
Field notes
Sceliphron laetum is a wasp in the family Sphecidae, the mud-dauber wasps. Like other members of this genus, it is a solitary species and builds cells out of mud in which to rear its young, provisioning them with paralysed spiders, and laying an egg in each. This wasp is native to Australia and southeastern Asia.
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Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided