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Wasp nest? - Vespula
Copyright © 2009 Donald Erickson

Wasp nest? - Vespula
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
June 30, 2009
Size: about size of ping-pong
On 30 June 2009, I turned over an old rotten landscaping timber. On what had been the bottom side, I saw a spherical ball a little larger than a ping-pong ball. A slight touch broke it. Inside, I saw what looked like an old Yellowjacket nest, but I have never seen one of these build a ball around their nest. What could have done this?
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Contributed by Donald Erickson on 24 August, 2009 - 10:25pm
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 6:12pm

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… Harsi S. Parker, 25 September, 2009 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Yellowjacket nest
Embryonic "queen nest," probably built by one of the subterranean species in the genus Vespula. All Vespinae construct a paper envelope over the paper comb like this. The envelope has several layers in more mature nests.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 August, 2009 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric.
Thanks, Eric.
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