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potter or mason wasp nest

Description:

A wasp nest on a varnished wooden upright house beam.

Habitat:

House in coastal zone village (surrounded by ocean beach, sago swamp and forest).

Notes:

Photographed under intense morning sunlight. / I did not observe the wasp.

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4 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Cool!

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Here is one nest with a wasp http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/627...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Interesting!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Your wasp nest is much more colorful than mine. I was lucky to find a Potter wasp to go with the nest. You know they put in food, lay an egg and seal it up.

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Papua, Indonesia

Spotted on Sep 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 1, 2011

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