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Photo by Small Wonders
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Field Notes

Description:

This nest, presumably a wasp nest, was approximately 5 inches tall & was built on an unidentified thorn shrub. It is common for certain species to construct nests on trees & shrubs with thorns to protect the nest against predators. It appears to possibly be a mixture of both mud & chewed plant/wood fibers.

Habitat:

Tropical coastal shrub area.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

Nice spotting; good that you gave the size because it looks large in the photo!
I thought maybe it was Mothra's cocoon. HA! LOL! It has that Cecropia Moth Cocoon look to it. HA!

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