Dirt Dobber Invasion! - Page 2

HorseFreak · 07-28-2005, 10:26 PM

I wonder if that is what they are really called or if they have a proper name... Hmmm...

Horse_Orderly · 07-29-2005, 08:55 AM

EUWWW! I think I'm going to have nightmares tonight......I've never seen anything like that. Then again, not much happens up here in New England unless it can live out the snow, ice, hail, and miserable weather that we seem to have forever.

tobianoveropaint · 07-29-2005, 02:34 PM

OOOOOH! I DO want some!

As long as they kill the spiders before they stuff them in the nest. Otherwise I could get quite the suprise knocking one down! "Ahhhhhh! I've got a spider in my nose!!!"
Those are so weird, I've never heard of them. I think the creepiest bug around here (other than spiders) are woodticks. Gross little suckers!

Seanachie · 09-22-2005, 08:23 PM

They are usually referred to as "mud dauber wasps" in most insect references. They get their name from the way they build their nests; they basically keep smearing mud on the same location until it creates the trademark tube we've all seen.

Seanachie

"We've all got a little gypsy in our souls....."

jyates · 09-22-2005, 08:26 PM

I would think the name is "dirt daubers" because
they take dirt and "daub" it together to make their
houses.

Plenty of them here in south Arkansas. Maybe it's too
cold for them up there in MN?

How ever you spell their names they beat the heck out
of a red wasp!

thumpersgirl · 09-22-2005, 08:33 PM

Yep, we have them here too. They are pesky and big! Are you sure they don't sting? My mom always said they did, though I've never been bit.

jyates · 09-22-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by thumpersgirl

Yep, we have them here too. They are pesky and big! Are you sure they don't sting? My mom always said they did, though I've never been bit.

If they sting I don't know about it. It could be that if you grabbed one it would sting but one thing they won't go out of their
way to sting you where a red wasp will chase you down to get you.

thumpersgirl · 09-22-2005, 09:26 PM

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a red wasp will chase you down to get you

what is a red wasp? That I've not heard of.

jyates · 09-22-2005, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by thumpersgirl

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a red wasp will chase you down to get you

what is a red wasp? That I've not heard of.

Well you're lucky if you've never met one!

They are red colored with black wings and they build
a regular paper type nest and if you upset their nest
you can have 50 of them after you pretty quick! I've seen
nests with 1 or 2 on it but left alone they will build it bigger
and bigger and I've seen nests 1-1/2 feet in diameter with
dozens and dozens of red wasps on them.

thumpersgirl · 09-22-2005, 09:32 PM

Seeing as I'm allergic to most bees-I'm so glad I've never ran into any! I don't know if we have them here. But, hey, I'm not complaining if we don't.

jyates · 09-22-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by thumpersgirl

Seeing as I'm allergic to most bees-I'm so glad I've never ran into any! I don't know if we have them here. But, hey, I'm not complaining if we don't.

They sting like fire and they don't mind tag teaming ya either.

mandelyn82 · 09-23-2005, 07:06 AM

I think the mud daubers do sting, how else would they be able to catch spiders? they have to have some way of subdueing them. I've also seen them fighting the red wasps, it ain't pretty. I think I saw them stinging each other, but I'm not sure because I was young watching them duke it out on the sidewalk.

They aren't aggressive towards people, so maybe they just won't sting us unless you're trying to hold it or something. The red wasps will sting in a flash though, they are so mean! They'll even invite friends for a sting-fest!

TxHorseDad · 09-23-2005, 05:34 PM

Mud Dobbers here in Texas!
I've used Bengal bug spray around the house and they don't come back for a full season, I've also used it in my workroom in the haybarn.
Not to sure I would want to use it around livestock, but if you removed all the animals and sprayed the areas where they like to nest that horse's wouldn't be able to get to and crib, has worked great for me!
Good luck!

Wildwoodapp · 01-28-2006, 10:08 AM

Hi,
I am way late on this discussion, but just joined so I have an excuse. They are called mud daubers where I come from, because they make their nest or tubes from mud. If you have mud around your water tank, they pick mud up there or any other place they can. I only know that you have to use wasp spray to get rid of them and they don't mind building their nest inside a wall or something either. If you knock down a nest, step on it or the wasp will hatch later.
Then there are the "paper wasps" which make a nest out of paper like material that they spit out. Their nests are huge and I have a picture of one taken this fall that is about 2 feet long and at least a foot or more wide. It was hanging from a tree in our back pasture. I would post it, but don't know how. They both will sting if disturbed.
We had a lot of wasps around our place here in Missouri until a couple of years ago when I notices these black bugs that looked like smaller wasps. I looked them up and they go into mud dauber nests and eat the eggs, so it has radically cut down on the population, but am afraid they will run out of stuff to eat and go away.

ToveroMom · 01-28-2006, 10:21 AM

Dauber

abigail91101 · 01-29-2006, 01:08 AM

I have heard that if you fill a clear plastic bag (ziplock maybe). half full with water and then tie a bailing twine around the top of it and hang them from the rafters then the dirt daubers and wasps will not build there nests anywhere near them because they resemble some other insect nest, which causes a threat to them. I am not sure what insect nest that it resembles. Sounds a little silly but it might be worth a try if they are really bad.

whooven · 01-30-2006, 08:32 AM

The picture earlier in this thread is no longer working so here's another:

Valkyrie · 01-30-2006, 04:16 PM

Never heard of these before, never want to meet them in person. I can see that there are definite advantages to living in a cold climate ...

allison · 01-30-2006, 04:27 PM

I have never heard or seen of those...

kinda creepy, I think. Not to fond of any bugs in general, but I can feed worms and crickets to my frogs and geckos

Chrismelvin · 01-30-2006, 06:17 PM

Do you mean barn swallows? I have never heard of them being called dirt dobbers. Knock em down. We never had more than 3 or 4 in our barn

C

07-28-2005, 10:26 PM
HorseFreak Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NC Posts: 131	I wonder if that is what they are really called or if they have a proper name... Hmmm... __________________

07-29-2005, 08:55 AM
Horse_Orderly Started Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,318	EUWWW! I think I'm going to have nightmares tonight......I've never seen anything like that. Then again, not much happens up here in New England unless it can live out the snow, ice, hail, and miserable weather that we seem to have forever.

07-29-2005, 02:34 PM
tobianoveropaint Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 510	OOOOOH! I DO want some! As long as they kill the spiders before they stuff them in the nest. Otherwise I could get quite the suprise knocking one down! "Ahhhhhh! I've got a spider in my nose!!!" Those are so weird, I've never heard of them. I think the creepiest bug around here (other than spiders) are woodticks. Gross little suckers! __________________ Blessed are the blind, for they can see people as they really are.

09-22-2005, 08:23 PM
Seanachie Greenbroke Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,237	They are usually referred to as "mud dauber wasps" in most insect references. They get their name from the way they build their nests; they basically keep smearing mud on the same location until it creates the trademark tube we've all seen. Seanachie "We've all got a little gypsy in our souls....."

09-22-2005, 08:26 PM
jyates Coming two Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SouthWest Arkansas Posts: 1,656	I would think the name is "dirt daubers" because they take dirt and "daub" it together to make their houses. Plenty of them here in south Arkansas. Maybe it's too cold for them up there in MN? How ever you spell their names they beat the heck out of a red wasp!

09-22-2005, 08:33 PM
thumpersgirl Seasoned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,117	Yep, we have them here too. They are pesky and big! Are you sure they don't sting? My mom always said they did, though I've never been bit.

09-22-2005, 09:32 PM
thumpersgirl Seasoned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,117	Seeing as I'm allergic to most bees-I'm so glad I've never ran into any! I don't know if we have them here. But, hey, I'm not complaining if we don't.

09-23-2005, 07:06 AM
mandelyn82 Started Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,337	I think the mud daubers do sting, how else would they be able to catch spiders? they have to have some way of subdueing them. I've also seen them fighting the red wasps, it ain't pretty. I think I saw them stinging each other, but I'm not sure because I was young watching them duke it out on the sidewalk. They aren't aggressive towards people, so maybe they just won't sting us unless you're trying to hold it or something. The red wasps will sting in a flash though, they are so mean! They'll even invite friends for a sting-fest! __________________ "The more people I meet the more I love my German Shepherd"

09-23-2005, 05:34 PM
TxHorseDad Halter broke Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep Woods near Houston Posts: 156	Mud Dobbers here in Texas! I've used Bengal bug spray around the house and they don't come back for a full season, I've also used it in my workroom in the haybarn. Not to sure I would want to use it around livestock, but if you removed all the animals and sprayed the areas where they like to nest that horse's wouldn't be able to get to and crib, has worked great for me! Good luck!

01-28-2006, 10:08 AM
Wildwoodapp Newborn Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 40	Hi, I am way late on this discussion, but just joined so I have an excuse. They are called mud daubers where I come from, because they make their nest or tubes from mud. If you have mud around your water tank, they pick mud up there or any other place they can. I only know that you have to use wasp spray to get rid of them and they don't mind building their nest inside a wall or something either. If you knock down a nest, step on it or the wasp will hatch later. Then there are the "paper wasps" which make a nest out of paper like material that they spit out. Their nests are huge and I have a picture of one taken this fall that is about 2 feet long and at least a foot or more wide. It was hanging from a tree in our back pasture. I would post it, but don't know how. They both will sting if disturbed. We had a lot of wasps around our place here in Missouri until a couple of years ago when I notices these black bugs that looked like smaller wasps. I looked them up and they go into mud dauber nests and eat the eggs, so it has radically cut down on the population, but am afraid they will run out of stuff to eat and go away. __________________ http://wildwoodappaloosas.com

01-28-2006, 10:21 AM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 17,059	Dauber __________________

01-29-2006, 01:08 AM
abigail91101 Halter broke Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hitchcock Texas Posts: 146	I have heard that if you fill a clear plastic bag (ziplock maybe). half full with water and then tie a bailing twine around the top of it and hang them from the rafters then the dirt daubers and wasps will not build there nests anywhere near them because they resemble some other insect nest, which causes a threat to them. I am not sure what insect nest that it resembles. Sounds a little silly but it might be worth a try if they are really bad. __________________ visit my web site www.shadowcreekstables.com

01-30-2006, 08:32 AM
whooven Newborn Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East TN Posts: 23	The picture earlier in this thread is no longer working so here's another:

01-30-2006, 04:16 PM
Valkyrie Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 864	Never heard of these before, never want to meet them in person. I can see that there are definite advantages to living in a cold climate ... __________________ \"The Horse. Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, Beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet no slave\" - Ronald Duncan

01-30-2006, 04:27 PM
allison Started Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kenosha, WI. Posts: 2,225	I have never heard or seen of those... kinda creepy, I think. Not to fond of any bugs in general, but I can feed worms and crickets to my frogs and geckos __________________ Horses & Horsepower www.freewebs.com/mustangali_/ "...just like computers refuse to understand how I'm feeling today"

01-30-2006, 06:17 PM
Chrismelvin Newborn Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eastern iowa Posts: 59	barn swallows Do you mean barn swallows? I have never heard of them being called dirt dobbers. Knock em down. We never had more than 3 or 4 in our barn C __________________ Be careful what you wish for!!