Mud Dauber
What is Mud Dauber?
Profile of Mud Dauber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Description
Mud dauber is a name normally applied to a number of wasps from either the family Sphecidae or Crabronidae that construct their nests from mud.
Mud daubers are seldom aggressive. They do however pose a special risk to aircraft operation, as they are prone to nest in the small openings and tubes that compose aircraft pitot-static systems. Their comportment in these systems can incapacitate or impair the function of the airspeed indicator, the altimeter, and/or the vertical speed indicator. Mud daubers is imagine that mud dauber wasps were finally causative the crash of Birgenair Flight 301, which killed 189 passengers and crew.
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