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20-07-2009, 08:13 PM
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| |  Wasp Nest Identification?
saw several pine cone like nests in a fir(?) tree ,light green in colour with lots of medium sized wasps/hoverflys around .Any ideas for i.d. Camera battery flat!!! |
20-07-2009, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp Nest Identification?
Its more likely the gall of an aphid (Adelgidae) which is producing honeydue which they are feeding on. |
20-07-2009, 08:22 PM
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It was about 4 inches tall and about 2inches wide .Would this be right |
20-07-2009, 08:27 PM
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Sounds abit big. So they were green? were they made of paper? How were they attached? top of the steam or bottom or end? what were the hoverflies doing? |
20-07-2009, 08:31 PM
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| | | Re: Wasp Nest Identification?
Above the stem and looked papery just like green pine cones.Couldn't see what insects were doing,toofar away but dead one on window cills looked like medium sized wasps/hoverfly.The nests stood on the branches about half way along
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24-07-2009, 03:35 PM
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Went back today and got a shot of it.Does this help  |
24-07-2009, 05:58 PM
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Cedar cones... nothing to do with insects! |
24-07-2009, 06:12 PM
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Thanks! Mystery solved. |
24-07-2009, 09:32 PM
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Cedar cones are green when immature, held upright on the branches, and disintegrate when they ripen | | |
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