Regular muddaubers sting like crazy. Not as evil as, say, hornets, but I get chased by mud daubers regularly here. I always have to leave my grill & smoker lids open so they don't build nests in them. I found that out the hard way last year.. opened the grill to turn it on & a whole schlue of pissed-off mud daubers chased me back into the house. Went into the garage, got my wasp & hornet killer out, and decided that, you mess with me, DIE!!! (not to mention I swell up like a balloon if I get stung).