Question

Which of the following builds its hive on walls using mud?
a) Wasp
b) Spider
c) Tailor bird
d) Honey bee

Answer 1

Hint: Insects such as ants, bees, wasps build elaborate nests, often underground or hidden away, where they create chambers for eggs and the larvae. There is usually a queen who lives in the center, laying eggs and being tended by workers. The hives are meant to keep the insect colony safe and protected.

Complete answer:
a) Wasp: Mud Wasp or Mud Dauber built their nest from mud. These species belong to the family Sphecidae. It is built by the female wasp by molding the mud using its mandibles. They don’t reuse a nest and quickly die off when the weather turns colder.
Hence, the option (a) is correct.
b) Spider: A spider web, also known as a cobweb, is a web made by spiders from proteinaceous spider silk extruded from their spinnerets that is used to capture and trap prey and consume them.
Option (b) is incorrect.
c) Tailor bird: Their name comes from the way they build their nest. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk to create a cradle in which to construct the actual nest. This bird pierces a series of tiny holes along the edges of the leaves with her needle-shaped beak.
Option (c) is incorrect.
d) Honey bee: The nest's internal structure is a densely packed group of hexagonal prismatic cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The cells are used by the bees to store food (honey and pollen) as well as to house the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae).
Option (d) is correct.

So the correct answer is option (a).

Note:
Different insects have different ways of creating their own hives/nests according to their habitat and depending upon the environmental condition and to catch its prey or to save itself from predators.