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Old wasp(?) nest
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Old wasp(?) nest
Assabet River NWR, Stowe, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: ~6 inches across
Found beside road. I assume this is part of an old wasp nest. Can anything be said about what broad group among the wasps?
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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 2 April, 2006 - 6:52pm
Last updated 14 April, 2006 - 7:37pm

paper wasp nest, i beleive
paper wasp nest, i beleive
… Omar Fahmy, 2 April, 2006 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably.
If it was not attached to anything, then one cannot rule out one of the other vespid genera, like Dolichovespula or Vespula, though. Vespidae for sure:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 April, 2006 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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