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Mud daubers
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Love to get into the boats water tell-tale port. They even got into all of the air tool attachments blocking every one of them up with mud. They can be as destructive as a raccoon. I solved the boat motor issue by putting just a dab of lubriplate grease over the tell-tale hole when I back the boat into the garage after boating. Many a boat motor has died a hot death because the water hole is blocked. If you have a boat the dab of grease will end this from happening. When you restart the motor the water pressure easily blows the dab of grease out.
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Good idea.I have to get the mud daubers out of my Yamaha outboard every year.
Yep, little old measley mud dauber, I've seen them cause lots of damage to huge equipment, cause gears/roller chains to break.
I have to screen all of my electric motors and keep electric motor operated tools in a sealed box.
I seen instance once where they went up the tailpipe of a jeep and placed mud nests on top of pistons.
They are really bad if you live around a lake or big water holes.
Grease helps deter somewhat if you can completely plug the holes with grease.
We have to keep heavy grease on roller chains and gears.
I've seen them try to put mud on my screwdriver while working on equipment. (just to let me know they are watching/warning and to aggravate me)
At least they are not aggressive about sting like a mad wasp, but they will sting if caught in hand or under clothing..
They have a little cousin that will pack solid white stuff into little holes also. Their white sealer stuff dries rock hard.
Just use water soluble/biodegradable stuff for boat engines.
A friend of mine uses a tiny bit of an ear plug but I've seen fish come up and eat it after it landed in the water so that's probably not good either.
We don't have them too bad around my place, but we have several "in use" covered outlets like for RV's where something can remain plugged into outside plugin and still be covered. Regular wasps love them when there is nothing in those. So, I have started putting low density foam in it spray glued to the lid. It works for various connectors. When we had a camper and it was always the same connector, I wrapped the connector in plastic wrap, and all the parts on the outlet. Then sprayed some expanding foam in there towards the lid and pushed it closed and taped it. The foam expanded around it and then I cleaned any up that spilled out. When it set up, I had a perfectly formed shape of the connector. If I had the camper out, the hole was a LOT smaller than before and easier to clean out.
bought a remington 552 from an old timer once that said he had kept it in his shop for several years. got it home and thank goodness i decided to look it over closely before shooting it. no light coming thru the barrel, full of muddauber nest. that stuff is incredibly hard to get out of a barrel.
In our farm/ranch vec's we just left a gun in each vec for varmit control and each gun always had the end of the barrel covered (slip on/over cover to keep insects out. It was a habit of mine to uncover the end of the barrel as the gun was being ready for use. If I grabbed a gun that had been left in a vechicle and the barrel end was not covered I did not fire the gun, most likely a insect inside.
I seen a 550 Remingotn 22 that was used in one of the vec's that had a knot/buldge on the barrel about 1/2 way. What ever was inside got shot out and the barrel almost busted on that 22 caliber. Usually a very accurate rifle but no so with the knot on the barrel.
I posted this image before. I had my SKS on the four wheeler gun rack all day, nearly got a whammy. Thankfully I checked the gun out before any shooting,
That's why I 'cap' all my outdoors rifle barrels with a latex glove finger(I was barely saved from a 'Ka-Boom' when I just happened to look through the rifle bore before firing once upon a time). Air tool inlets get capped with a vacuum line cap.