A terrified mother left the internet baffled when she shared photos of unusual-looking insects known to be brown blobs on her bathroom tiles to the “Mums who Clean” facebook this page this week.
The terrified mum posted an image of a series of brown blobs on her bathroom tiles to the ‘Mums who Clean’ Facebook page this week.
Her post triggered awful comments from other mothers and cleaners who suggested that she burnt the insects up or sold her house.
But Ecologist and University of Sydney professor Dieter Hochuli said the mud-dauber wasp is found all over Australia from Victoria to Darwin and from urban areas to woodland.
In a much detailed explanation, this is what she said:
“He said the female mud wasps are a common sight this time of year as they come out of their winter hibernation.
They survive off spiders by paralysing them and sealing them inside mud nests.
The mud-dauber wasp paralyses spiders then builds a mud nest around them.
Adult wasps then lay their eggs inside the cocoon and when the babies hatch they survive by eating the dead spider then burrowing their way out of the nest.
Professor Dieter Hochuli said they are relatively easy to remove.
You probably want to avoid spraying them.
They are not particularly dangerous to humans – spiders yes – but they do give a nasty sting and while they are active, they can be reasonably defensive.
