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20-07-2009, 07:13 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, 07:18 PM
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Its more likely the gall of an aphid (Adelgidae) which is producing honeydue which they are feeding on.
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20-07-2009, 07:22 PM
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It was about 4 inches tall and about 2inches wide .Would this be right |
20-07-2009, 07:27 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?
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20-07-2009, 07:31 PM
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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, 02:35 PM
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Went back today and got a shot of it.Does this help  |
24-07-2009, 04:58 PM
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Cedar cones... nothing to do with insects! |
24-07-2009, 05:12 PM
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Thanks! Mystery solved. |
24-07-2009, 08:32 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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