While moving my wood pile, I found a tiny mud ball slightly smaller than a marble with a funnel opening. The in a board with a groove in it I found about 20 egg sacs in a perfect row encased in small amount of mud, full of tiny black eggs. The eggs were the size of a pen ballpoint, and the sacs were again slightly smaller than a marble. Any idea what these would be?

I can think of two wasps, a couple of beetles, and about three moth species that lay eggs similarly. Any way to get a picture?

I have a couple pics, is there a way to post them on here?

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k, i guess i found it. Sorry the pics are a little blurry.

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For some strange reason, the dirt dauber wasp whose eggs you've discovered thought that the crack in the wood would stay intact until the eggs hatched. That's an exceptionally long tube. If you still have that piece of wood, a biologist would love to have such a nice sample. Your local college or Department of Agriculture office could put you in touch with one.

Awesome. Thank you! Another question is do they lay tiny eggs in there or the single larvae. Because I also saw what I've researched to be a red-velvet ant on my driveway and read that they lay their eggs in another wasp or bees cocoon. Was wondering if that explains the tiny black eggs?

Could be. Red Velvet Ant eggs are kind of rare. Definitely find a biologist.