Talk:Mud dauber

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I removed the redirect to Talk:Black and yellow mud dauber since this article should have it's own talk page. --Cab88 06:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Do they sting? I was raised believing they don't, but their classification as "wasps" makes me wonder.--Mokru 18:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I read somewhere that they do sting but rarely sting humans and are non-aggresive to large creatures, and if they do it isn't that painful as far as wasp species stings go. Probably something evolutionary about mud nests meaning they don't come into conflicts with humanity or large critters like normal wasp nests do, so aggresive tendancies towards that or poison against it would be wasted. However they do technically sting against certain other creatures, I think spiders were mentioned in the article. Sadly I have been unable to find it using google or yahoo search so can't put this up as I don't have a source, but hopefully that information will help someone else be able to locate one. I do not recall if the stings are in defense, or in defense and for hunting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.132.137.173 (talk) 07:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)