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I've had racoons tear into the fake wasp nets that I put on my deck to keep
the wasps from building nests close to people.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Paul MacDonald
Sent: August 13, 2012 09:05
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Missing wasp nest.
Hi Dave
I too have noted a few faintly concentric grey shreds marking where
a wasps nest has been. I often wondered if they disassembled the nest
and move somewhere else. I would think making the paper for the
nest would be quite energy demanding and recycling the paper
would be quite efficient.
Have a sting free summer
Paul
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From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:22:33 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Missing wasp nest.
Dear All, Aug 12, 2012
Would any animal, other than humans, carry a wasp nest away ?
While loading wood on July 22, I got stung by yellow-jackets 3-4 times
before locating the nest [~8" diameter attached to debris on the ground , 5'
from the woodpile & 3' from the truck] by which time there was a fairly
large swarm over the nest so I retreated.
When I hauled the remainder of this tier on July 26, taking care not to
drop wood or otherwise disturb them, they were still active (Yellow-jackets
coming & going) but I noticed some large black wasps flying to but not
entering the nest and this seemed strange unless the nest was being
abandoned and stragglers were being picked off (did not see this).
I was by there today (Aug 12) and stopped to show this nest to someone but
found only a few faintly concentric grey shreds marking where it had been
attached to the litter. I could see no other fragments of a destroyed nest
nearby and I would expect many fragments if a non-human animal were
involved.
In late May or Early June I noticed a rich coating of honey dew on nearby
groundcover, probably from aphids on Spruce, and tending these Spruce may
have led to founding the nest. But with the dry conditions, honey dew is
long gone.
Balancing the various unknowns, it seems most likely that they just died
out from want, or moved to greener pastures, and some person, finding the
nest to be inactive, decided to take it home as an ornament.
When local conditions become adverse, can wasps have a sufficiently large
range potential to diffuse to areas of better conditions ?
Yours truly, Dave Webaster, Kentville
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