Dirt Dobber Invasion!

Fox-Hunter · 07-26-2005, 02:15 PM

Does anyone else have trouble with dirt dobbers? They are taking over our barn. We knock them down as soon as we seen a nest but they contiue to invade!

AlwaysBrokePaints · 07-26-2005, 02:31 PM

Are those the bugs that make the dirt tubes on the stalls and on the walls?

Fox-Hunter · 07-26-2005, 03:11 PM

They are the ones.

AlwaysBrokePaints · 07-26-2005, 03:14 PM

Yah, they tick me off! I am getting tired of knocking them down. They scare me too. Once night I heard a buzzing and coulding figure out where it was coming from until I saw the tubes. They are like alien pod people! AAAH!

Promise Ranch · 07-26-2005, 03:30 PM

Y'know... I haven't really noticed them too much around here. They usually nest inside my parent's garage door, and they are all around their garage. It's funny, inside the metal door, a bunch of them all buzzing sounds like a crowded restaurant full of people talking...

I typically don't notice them too much, until Christmas, and we get our decorations out of the barn, and there is a stoopid dirt tube on my favorite ornament!!!

babycakes · 07-26-2005, 04:29 PM

Dirt Dobers? I don't think I have ever heard of them before

Fox-Hunter · 07-26-2005, 06:26 PM

They build their nest, dirt tubes, and stuff them with SPIDERS! The larva feed on the spiders! I think one reason we are being overrun with them is the construction that has exposed alot of dirt and clay. Which they use for their nests.

tiggypoodle · 07-27-2005, 02:11 AM

I have never heard of them, but now I'm terrified............

Lily

Fox-Hunter · 07-27-2005, 05:51 AM

They look like a wasp. But they don't sting! Just a bother and a mess. Nothing to be afraid of.

lonearrow · 07-27-2005, 06:57 AM

Yes, have them in my barn too! We always called them mudd dobbers and they are very annoying. Knock the tubes down on a daily basis.

babycakes · 07-27-2005, 08:13 AM

I think I'm having a vision of what they might look like

. Hm...they "grow" on the walls? And they're made of something that looks like clay and grows in cluster? I don't think I have ever seen the actual bug before. I actually don't think I ever really knew what the tunnels were. Am I right? Hm...where were they...??

Fox-Hunter · 07-27-2005, 09:53 AM

That would be them!

Orchid · 07-27-2005, 10:30 AM

Are they dirt dobbers or are they dirt daubers? The reason I ask is because I'm going to have to try to look them up; I've never seen one but they sound interesting.

baylady · 07-27-2005, 03:22 PM

Soo thats what those are. There was one on the barn wall the other day. I sprayed wasp spray up the tube then waited a couple mintues and knocked it off with a shovel. I though it was weird. Ok glad to know Im not the only one with those things. Dirt Dobbers!!!

Fox-Hunter · 07-27-2005, 03:38 PM

I have never seen it written down so don't really know the correct name or spelling. I will try to take a picture of the nests and insects when I get a chance.

HorseFreak · 07-27-2005, 10:12 PM

I have seen them before but didn't have a pic of my own, so I did a search for "mud dobbers" and got a pic for those of you who haven't seen or heard of them...

That is what the nests look like.

Paints4life · 07-27-2005, 10:39 PM

ewww. sounds creepy. They must be like little aliens spying on us.

Muahahahah muahahhah. lol

Fox-Hunter · 07-28-2005, 05:41 AM

They do make a strange buzzing sound when they are creating their nest or stuffing it with spiders!

Orchid · 07-28-2005, 08:26 AM

Cool! Thanks for posting the picture.

Maybe tobianoveropaint would like some mud dobbers at her place - they must cut down on the spider population! :spiderman:

babycakes · 07-28-2005, 09:41 AM

That's it!! I've seen those things before!! But I never had any idea what they were. I used to see them in my old barn, but not recently. They alwyas creeped me out as a child.

07-26-2005, 02:15 PM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	Dirt Dobber Invasion! Does anyone else have trouble with dirt dobbers? They are taking over our barn. We knock them down as soon as we seen a nest but they contiue to invade!

07-26-2005, 02:31 PM
AlwaysBrokePaints Weanling Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hudsonville, MI Posts: 206	Are those the bugs that make the dirt tubes on the stalls and on the walls?

07-26-2005, 03:11 PM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	They are the ones.

07-26-2005, 03:14 PM
AlwaysBrokePaints Weanling Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hudsonville, MI Posts: 206	Yah, they tick me off! I am getting tired of knocking them down. They scare me too. Once night I heard a buzzing and coulding figure out where it was coming from until I saw the tubes. They are like alien pod people! AAAH!

07-26-2005, 03:30 PM
Promise Ranch Coming two Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North Texas Posts: 1,798	Y'know... I haven't really noticed them too much around here. They usually nest inside my parent's garage door, and they are all around their garage. It's funny, inside the metal door, a bunch of them all buzzing sounds like a crowded restaurant full of people talking... I typically don't notice them too much, until Christmas, and we get our decorations out of the barn, and there is a stoopid dirt tube on my favorite ornament!!! __________________ Promise Ranch - Quality Dairy Goats Udder Chaos - Caprine inspired apparel and gifts!

07-26-2005, 04:29 PM
babycakes Coming two Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,586	Dirt Dobers? I don't think I have ever heard of them before __________________ Jena <3

07-26-2005, 06:26 PM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	They build their nest, dirt tubes, and stuff them with SPIDERS! The larva feed on the spiders! I think one reason we are being overrun with them is the construction that has exposed alot of dirt and clay. Which they use for their nests.

07-27-2005, 02:11 AM
tiggypoodle Coming two Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Home Sweet Home, Badger Canyon, WA Posts: 1,691	I have never heard of them, but now I'm terrified............ Lily

07-27-2005, 05:51 AM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	They look like a wasp. But they don't sting! Just a bother and a mess. Nothing to be afraid of.

07-27-2005, 06:57 AM
lonearrow Long Yearling Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 1,292	Yes, have them in my barn too! We always called them mudd dobbers and they are very annoying. Knock the tubes down on a daily basis.

07-27-2005, 08:13 AM
babycakes Coming two Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,586	I think I'm having a vision of what they might look like . Hm...they "grow" on the walls? And they're made of something that looks like clay and grows in cluster? I don't think I have ever seen the actual bug before. I actually don't think I ever really knew what the tunnels were. Am I right? Hm...where were they...?? __________________ Jena <3

07-27-2005, 09:53 AM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	That would be them!

07-27-2005, 10:30 AM
Orchid Bombproof Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 11,055	Are they dirt dobbers or are they dirt daubers? The reason I ask is because I'm going to have to try to look them up; I've never seen one but they sound interesting. __________________ Careful what you wish; Careful what you say; Careful what you wish; You may regret it; Careful what you wish; You just might get it. ~ Metallica, King Nothing

07-27-2005, 03:22 PM
baylady Yearling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: PA Posts: 771	Soo thats what those are. There was one on the barn wall the other day. I sprayed wasp spray up the tube then waited a couple mintues and knocked it off with a shovel. I though it was weird. Ok glad to know Im not the only one with those things. Dirt Dobbers!!! __________________ \"Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out being boastful, end up modest.\"

07-27-2005, 03:38 PM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	I have never seen it written down so don't really know the correct name or spelling. I will try to take a picture of the nests and insects when I get a chance.

07-27-2005, 10:12 PM
HorseFreak Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NC Posts: 131	I have seen them before but didn't have a pic of my own, so I did a search for "mud dobbers" and got a pic for those of you who haven't seen or heard of them... That is what the nests look like.

07-27-2005, 10:39 PM
Paints4life Yearling Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: milwaukee, wisconsin Posts: 641	ewww. sounds creepy. They must be like little aliens spying on us. Muahahahah muahahhah. lol

07-28-2005, 05:41 AM
Fox-Hunter Weanling Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Deep Woods of South Georgia Posts: 490	They do make a strange buzzing sound when they are creating their nest or stuffing it with spiders!

07-28-2005, 08:26 AM
Orchid Bombproof Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 11,055	Cool! Thanks for posting the picture. Maybe tobianoveropaint would like some mud dobbers at her place - they must cut down on the spider population! :spiderman: __________________ Careful what you wish; Careful what you say; Careful what you wish; You may regret it; Careful what you wish; You just might get it. ~ Metallica, King Nothing

07-28-2005, 09:41 AM
babycakes Coming two Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,586	That's it!! I've seen those things before!! But I never had any idea what they were. I used to see them in my old barn, but not recently. They alwyas creeped me out as a child. __________________ Jena <3