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Common Wasps Nest

Vespula vulgaris

Photo by Janice Parr
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On a recent visit to the UK, Mother-in-Law asked us to clean out her shed. We thought we might come across the odd cob web or spider but were not prepared for this masterpiece. Unfortunately because the shed is right by her front door we had to destroy the nest and kill the wasps. The wasps had been very busy and their were several layers of white eggs inside and lots of angry wasps.

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Comments (7)

Wow. You should check out the wasp nest in the university of Cambridge zoology museum. It's the biggest ever found in the uk. Still... I wouldn't want to find this one either...
You're welcome Janice. This is an especially artful nest!
Thanks for letting me know about this mission Ava T-B, I have added this spotting.
Please consider adding this lovely nest to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
We did feel really bad at having to destroy such a structure.
really well made nest must have been a task making this one nice spotting Janice

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