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Index of Subjects Hi Eleanor The insect you describe sounds like a Spider Wasp (Pompilidae) by the way your describe it flying. They kill spiders, of course, and take them to a nest where they leg an egg in the victim from what I read. Here is a picture off a nest off the web from a gallery site where the owner seems to know his insects: http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/133281597 Look at all like yours? Please send me your photos too. Nancy On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> wrote: > 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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