Posts Tagged: mud
Who Wants a Wasp Waist?
"Around 250 million years ago, at the start of the Triassic period, a species of insect...
The mud dauber wasp, Sceliphron caementarium, sporting its "wasp waist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Invisible Invaders in the Mud!
They’re not really invisible, but New Zealand Mud Snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) are so...
New Zealand mud snails are tiny, even when compared to a penny! Photo by Michelle Lande
Los Angeles County Public Works Department staff hunt for tiny, mudsnail-sized beads in mud during April 2013 workshop. Photo by Jessica Chen
Now That's a Wasp Waist!
You've heard the expression, "wasp waist," in reference to someone's tiny waist? Well, all you...
Mud dauber wasp, Sceliphron caementarium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the thin waist of the mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Off to find a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)