One of our cruise ship visitors must have brought this wasp nest in from the woods because I found it on the ground close to where the bus had been parked. I was about to throw it away but when I noticed that one side of nest was open, exposing a series of combs. I've seen many of these nests hanging from the trees but I had never seen the inside of one. It's like an apartment building of several stories without windows! The entrance to the building is a small round hole at the bottom of the structure.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Bell wasp nest
One of our cruise ship visitors must have brought this wasp nest in from the woods because I found it on the ground close to where the bus had been parked. I was about to throw it away but when I noticed that one side of nest was open, exposing a series of combs. I've seen many of these nests hanging from the trees but I had never seen the inside of one. It's like an apartment building of several stories without windows! The entrance to the building is a small round hole at the bottom of the structure.
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I'm always in awe of things like this in nature - such intricate engineering feats! Thanks for posting some photos of it.
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