Checking Out That Mud Nest Again

This is the competed Mediterranean Potter Wasp nest I watching being built on May 24th, just before leaving town for a week. I didn’t get to see it completed then. When I got back to NYC this past Thursday, I returned to the scene of the pot-making. The nest, as you see, is now capped. There should be some drama going on in there: the larval wasp eating the caterpillar(s) momma provisioned the nest with. (A parasitic wasp larva in there eating the potter wasp larva and the caterpillar isn’t out of the question.)

Speaking of caterpillars, just wait until tomorrow’s post.