Mud daubers are long, black and yellow slender wasps; they have thread-like waists. The name of this wasp group comes from the nests that are made by the females, which consist of mud molded into place by the wasp’s mandibles.
Did You Know??
Over 900,000 known species of insects exist throughout the world.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
The rhinoceros beetle is the strongest animal and is capable of lifting 850 times its own weight.
Termite queens will lay up to 30,000 eggs in a day, and live for many years.
Each year the average person will “eat” several insects while they are sleeping.
The average bed contains between two million to six million dust mites.
An ant is capable of lifting fifty times its own weight and is capable pulling thirty times its own weight.
Houseflies can taste with their feet – they have taste buds on them.
Each year, insects eat about a third of the world’s food crops.
Certain types of grasshoppers and crickets have their ears on their front legs.