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Photo by barryjo27
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Field Notes

Description:

The color was brownish black, It was shaped like rugby football It looked like it was made out of twigs and mud and it connected to a branch. We found it in a tree along a path.

Habitat:

Woods

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MrsPbio
I'm gonna guess a "hornet" nest . A misnomer - Bald Faced Hornets aren't hornets - they are wasps closely related to Yellow Jackets. Could be them too, although YJ's prefer the ground or a rotten log or stump. Occassionally YJ's will build in a tree like this , but seldom.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2012

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