Can
you identify what's in this photo?
Each Wednesday morning
on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page
the Lutherlyn Environmental
Education Program posts a photo.
Readers
have all morning and afternoon
to
make their best guess about what the photo is.
Around
6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.
Each
week's What is it Wednesday post
will
also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
the
day after it is posted on Facebook,
sometimes
with additional bonus information.
In
addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday
on the
Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
we
will be reposting old editions,
creating
a What is it Wednesday archive.
This
photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on February 7, 2018.
And
the answer is....
These nests on the underside of Chapel Rock were made by pipe
organ mud dauber wasps.
These wasps are shiny blue-black and very long and
skinny. The females build the nests and the males will defend the mouth of the
nest to protect the young.
Mud dauber wasps eat primarily orb-weaver spiders. They
are also very docile, and stings to humans are rare, so as long as you don’t
harass them, you can enjoy the beauty of the nests and the wasps themselves
without fear of being stung.
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Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when
they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!
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