Posted by Anthony Matonak on June 14, 2005, 10:06 pm
Ulysses wrote:
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>>so fast it got scary, and I found a dirt dauber blocking the mechanism.
>
> What's a "dirt dauber?" Some kind of bug? Reason I ask is because I tried
> to use my blower and tire inflater on my compressor and the connectors were
> full of mud/dirt. They were on a bench the whole time, not on the ground or
> anything.
It's a kind of wasp that makes nests out of mud/dirt.
http://www.fotothing.com/DFDuck/photo/61f9ccafea37398e5a600e8cdf4a130c/
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_wasps/Palmdart.htm
Anthony
Posted by Dave Hinz on June 14, 2005, 10:08 pm
> What's a "dirt dauber?" Some kind of bug? Reason I ask is because I tried
> to use my blower and tire inflater on my compressor and the connectors were
> full of mud/dirt. They were on a bench the whole time, not on the ground or
> anything.
Google for "mud dauber". It's a type of wasp, and that behavior seems
like the sort of thing they do, yes.
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>
> What's a "dirt dauber?" Some kind of bug? Reason I ask is because I tried
> to use my blower and tire inflater on my compressor and the connectors were
> full of mud/dirt. They were on a bench the whole time, not on the ground or
> anything.