potter wasps, and mud daubers. They sting and paralyze prey with their venom but rarely sting humans. Mud daubers come in black and yellow like yellowjackets, but there have also been some that ...

This wasp is just under an inch long, black with creamy stripes on abdomen ... She makes untold trips to carry water, and then to carry the small mud balls. The nest is in the shape of a vase ...