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Thank you Dave, but the two rectangular nests are situated approximately
15inches apart on a horizontal ledge - so we have eliminated a paper
wasp and, (via Nancy Dowd), a spider wasp.............!
Eleanor Lindsay
On 21/08/2013 10:50 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
> 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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<font size="+1">T<font size="+1">hank you Dave, but the two
rectangular nests a</font>re situated approximately 15inches
apart on a ho<font size="+1">rizontal ledge</font></font> - so we
have eliminated a paper wasp and, (via Nancy Dowd), a spider
wasp.............!<br>
<br>
Eleanor Lindsay<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/08/2013 10:50 AM, David &
Alison Webster wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:7AB06CB112204914B90A494BF1F150D4@D58WQPH1"
type="cite">Hi Eleanor & All, Aug 21,
2013
<br>
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 ?
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
<br>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Lindsay"
<kelindsay@eastlink.ca>
<br>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
<br>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:56 AM
<br>
Subject: [NatureNS] Insect/?nest ID needed!
<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">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 purpo