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Old 08-10-2022, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa View Post
Yup, mud daubers, they make nests in our garage and behind our shutters. They don’t bite and are harmless but make a mess. Hit them with some wasp and hornet killer and wait a couple days and scrap away their nests and sweep up the remains. Easy peasy.
They DO bite. Even though Wikipedia says they rarely bite, and only if they feel threatened, I’m here to tell you they can feel threat if you even approach there area and have no idea they’re there. I went to water my plants and got bit in the calf. It was painful and I had a welt on it for most of the day, though I sprayed the area with alcohol. That’s when we noticed that we had a nest on the eaves above where the pots were.