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Hi Eleanor & All, Aug 21, 2013
Legs hanging in flight & half hearted rushes sounds like Paper Wasp. If
that unusual structure hangs on a short stalk then it is definite. Seen from
the underside of the structure there would be hexagonal cells; made of paper
what else ?
Paper Wasps are very patient & docile. If provoked they will sting but
it does not amount to much. They are fun to watch when they are collecting
material for the cells. They work backwards along the grain of a piece of
weathered wood, roll up a bundle between head and prolegs and fly off.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor Lindsay" <kelindsay@eastlink.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:56 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Insect/?nest ID needed!
>I have just noticed two odd new-to-me structures high up on a covered ledge
>outside my house which I have never seen before; approx 4-5cms in length
>and 3.5cms high - sort of a rectangle with rounded corners; they are
>brownish in colour (?? dried leaves) and as I was trying to get a better
>look (they are in an awkward position) an insect flew up to one and landed
>beside it - at which point I rushed for a stepladder and my camera! The
>insect was black, flying length very approximately 2cms and it made a faint
>whirring/buzzing type sound, returning repeatedly to the nest as I tried to
>get a picture, also making halfhearted ?rushes at me. It looks so like a
>picture that someone posted on NatureNS recently (?Nancy Dowd), which
>unfortunately I now no longer have - slender, segmented body, mostly black
>with short tan sections on the limbs and flying with its legs dangling
>down. I would like to understand what it is and what it is doing not only
>for personal interest, but also because painters are coming to paint the
>house starting tomorrow and, while I am prepared to leave the creature
>unmolested, I also would like to be sure it poses no risk of harm to the
>painters painting around it - or my house for that matter!!! I have managed
>to get a few pictures, very mediocre because of the awkward placement, but
>possibly helpful for ID purposes which I can forward to anyone
>interested....
>
> Eleanor Lindsay,
> Seabright, St Margarets Bay
>
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