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14-NOV-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Aerial yellowjacket nest (Dolichovespula arenaria)

This mostly destroyed nest was low in a shrub in the old field area. I found several paper nests, including another one made by this species, in a shrub about a foot above the ground. There were also some bald-faced hornet nests, high up in the trees. This particular nest is in a shrub by which I passed many times over the summer, never knowing it was there! It would have been completely hidden by leaves. Not once did the wasps come out and "attack" despite the fact I must frequently have come within a few inches of it.

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Fletcher Wildlife Garden22-Nov-2013 15:10
Thanks for mentioning these nests, Christine. I've been looking for our usual bald-faced hornet nests and hadn't found any, which puzzled me. I guess I'm just not looking hard enough.
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