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Originally Posted by harryc
one that is not scared of cameras
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Appropriately, this is a mud wasp. They are generally harmless and collect mud to make tube shaped nests. Not surprising to see one by a site where they are drilling and making big piles of mud all over the place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber
So she's no nightmare, she's a fellow builder to be celebrated. Just picking up some materials to build its nest:
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They eat primarily spiders, so this is prime mud wasp season. Being downtown where the balcony spiders are in full bloom with a fresh supply of mud, this wasp is in heaven.
Also, this I never knew, but apparently mud wasps have been involved in a number of airplane crashes since they like to nest in the round holes of aircraft instrumentation. They will crawl into valves and airspeed sensors, build a nest, and the plane crashes. So you are probably less likely to get stung by one than to be killed by one in a plane crash...
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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop
I have been somewhat curious about GEMS' finances.
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Global dollar shortage. The Fed is the highest interested rate in the developed world, can you hear the sucking sound?