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Hi Again,
If you wish to send me an image(s) I will post it(them) on Flickr =
where someone on Naturens might recognize it.
Dave
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From: Eleanor Lindsay=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Insect/?nest ID needed!
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=20
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 ?=20
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.=20
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=20
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Lindsay" =
<kelindsay@eastlink.ca>=20
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:56 AM=20
Subject: [NatureNS] Insect/?nest ID needed!=20
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....=20
Eleanor Lindsay,=20
Seabright, St Margarets Bay=20
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<DIV>Hi Again,</DIV>
<DIV> If you wish to send me an image(s) I will post =
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<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 21, =
2013 5:21=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] =
Insect/?nest ID=20
needed!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3D+1>T<FONT size=3D+1>hank you Dave, but the =
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rectangular nests a</FONT>re situated approximately 15inches apart on =
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ho<FONT size=3D+1>rizontal ledge</FONT></FONT> - so we have eliminated =
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wasp and, (via Nancy Dowd), a spider wasp.............!<BR><BR>Eleanor =
Lindsay<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=3Dmoz-cite-prefix>On 21/08/2013 10:50 AM, David & =
Alison Webster=20
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type=3D"cite">Hi Eleanor &=20
=
All, &nb=
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Aug 21, 2013 <BR> Legs hanging in flight & half =
hearted=20
rushes sounds like Paper Wasp. If that unusual structure hangs on a =
short=20
stalk then it is definite. Seen from the underside of the structure =
there=20
would be hexagonal cells; made of paper what else ? =
<BR><BR> =20
Paper Wasps are very patient & docile. If provoked they will =
sting but=20
it does not amount to much. They are fun to watch when they are =
collecting=20
material for the cells. They work backwards along the grain of a =
piece of=20
weathered wood, roll up a bundle between head and prolegs and fly =
off.=20
<BR>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville <BR>----- Original Message ----- =
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"Eleanor Lindsay" <A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E=20
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href=3D"mailto:kelindsay@eastlink.ca"><kelindsay@eastlink.ca></A>=20
<BR>To: <A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E=20
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href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">&