Hymenoptera: Sphecidae

Sceliphron laetum  

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Kooyoora State Park, VIC (Feb, 2013)

Perhaps the water in the nearby stagnant pool was fermented, or perhaps it was suitably aged nectar, but whatever the cause, this wasp seemed a little under the weather.

It splayed its legs resting its body on the log beneath it as though exhausted. Or perhaps it was just soaking up a few rays of sun.

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp Drinking

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp

Common Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

Common Mud-dauber Wasp Nest