Cob: Mud Borers

Mon Apr 7 23:19:04 CDT 2003

I read about bees boring into mud chinking in a Fox Fire book. I can't say that I have ever seen any mud borers myself. Maybe the person meant to speak of dirt daubers? I don't think that dirt daubers actually bore into anything-- I can't say with any certainty about whether or not dirt daubers bore and where exactly their range is.

Wood boring bees are another story. They definitely do exist in North America and maybe elsewhere. As far as the extent of their range, again I cannot tell you the exact answer to that. Below are a couple links about them. If you would like to know more a web search should provide the info you seek.

http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/insects/bees/carpenterbees.html

http://www.grassroots.ca/homeowner_help_articles/wood-damaging-insects.htm

Darel wrote:

Penelope, 
     consider you local area. Do you have so called wood boring bees? 
  If not don't, which is most likely, then don't worry. IF such a bee 
exists, where do they live? 

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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I read about bees boring into mud chinking in a Fox 
Fire book. I can't say that I have ever seen any mud borers myself. Maybe the 
person meant to speak of dirt daubers? I don't think that dirt daubers 
actually bore into anything-- I can't say with any certainty about whether or 
not dirt daubers bore and where exactly their range is.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wood boring bees are another story. They definitely 
do exist in North America and maybe elsewhere. As far as the extent of their 
range, again I cannot tell you the exact answer to that. Below are a couple 
links about them. If you would like to know more a web search should provide the 
info you seek.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/insects/bees/carpenterbees.html">http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/insects/bees/carpenterbees.html</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://www.grassroots.ca/homeowner_help_articles/wood-damaging-insects.htm">http://www.grassroots.ca/homeowner_help_articles/wood-damaging-insects.htm</A></FONT></P>
<P>Darel wrote:</P>
<P>Penelope, <BR>     consider you local area. Do you 
have so called wood boring bees? <BR>  If not don't, which is most 
likely, then don't worry. IF such a bee <BR>exists, where do they live? 
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