Santa Cruz County, California med nest builder

Request help to identify insects or other creatures. Please post the location that the insect you want to identify came from, this will help greatly in species determination.
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Santa Cruz County, California med nest builder

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Please help ID this insect that is building mud nests all over my new construction

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Looks like a wasp nest. The generic name is "mud dauber" That one actually looks used, or perhaps it's just the broken outer cells.
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Thank you Kevin
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