Posted by Cheryl Isaak on July 23, 2009, 6:33 pm
I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on it's
way.
Today I found a wasp nest, with wasps, unlike anything I've ever seen.
First, I actual had pulled on the stem it was on and only found the wasps
when I grabbed to pull it off. There were at least 6-7 wasps seemingly
unconcerned by my presence. Didn't get buzzed, stung, what ever.
They were small - at most 3/4 of an inch and could be closer to a half inch.
The nest/comb was flat, at this point about 3.5 inches across and the cells
were definitely on the small side and the nest was about the silver brown
color of dried leaves (which is why I grabbed there in the first place). I
know yellow jacket nests well - this was not a yellow jack nest.
Standard black and yellow coloration - other than the size, nothing stood
out. Mind you, I wasn't going to stick around and take notes. Though I did
continue working right around the area.
Thoughts ? Please and thank you
Cheryl
Posted by David Hare-Scott on July 24, 2009, 6:36 am
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
> I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on
> it's way.
>
Sorry NH doesn't mean much to me
David
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on July 24, 2009, 7:40 am
On 7/24/09 6:36 AM, in article h4c2qn$slp$1@news.albasani.net, "David
> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>> I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on
>> it's way.
>>
>
> Sorry NH doesn't mean much to me
>
> David
New Hampshire = sorry
Posted by jeff on July 24, 2009, 12:08 pm
David Hare-Scott wrote:
> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>> I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on
>> it's way.
>>
>
> Sorry NH doesn't mean much to me
I'm assuming that New Hampshire USA, is similar to Hampshire England,
only newer. ;-)
Jeff
>
> David
Posted by Zootal on July 24, 2009, 1:51 pm
> I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on it's
> way.
> Today I found a wasp nest, with wasps, unlike anything I've ever seen.
> First, I actual had pulled on the stem it was on and only found the wasps
> when I grabbed to pull it off. There were at least 6-7 wasps seemingly
> unconcerned by my presence. Didn't get buzzed, stung, what ever.
> They were small - at most 3/4 of an inch and could be closer to a half
> inch.
> The nest/comb was flat, at this point about 3.5 inches across and the
> cells
> were definitely on the small side and the nest was about the silver brown
> color of dried leaves (which is why I grabbed there in the first place). I
> know yellow jacket nests well - this was not a yellow jack nest.
> Standard black and yellow coloration - other than the size, nothing stood
> out. Mind you, I wasn't going to stick around and take notes. Though I did
> continue working right around the area.
> Thoughts ? Please and thank you
> Cheryl
Maybe like this?
http://zootal.com/images/paperwasp2.jpg
Paper wasps build nests like that, and most of them are quite gentle. The
one in the above is an european paper wasp, and is about 3/4 inch in length.
The newly hatches ones are about 1/2 inch or so. When they fly, you can see
the legs hanging down. There are smaller varieties as well. They tend to be
quite gentle, but poke the nest enough and they might zap you a few times.
Can you get a picture of them?
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