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27-07-2010, 10:21 PM
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| | | Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
Hi. I found a wasps nest today while I was out walking on my local heath in Dorset. I took a short video and this is one frame from the video which shows one of the wasps coming out of the nest (which was in a hole in a sandy bank)
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28-07-2010, 02:59 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
I was hoping some one could help me with an ID from the face markings.
I can see a small black dot in the centre of the face - and looking at my ID book, this seems to be very similar to the tree wasp.
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28-07-2010, 04:10 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
Hi Jane,
From what I can see it looks like Dolichovespula sylvestris, I have a nest in my hedge!
I get pics of them occasionally, yesterday I got one resting on a Hydrangea floret, a worker and it was a good inch long! Looking again I think it must be a queen.
Maybe I can upload my pics...
Janet 
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28-07-2010, 04:38 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
Hi Janet. Would love to see the pics. I'll try to upload the video I took to YouTube
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28-07-2010, 05:00 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
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28-07-2010, 08:55 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
Great photos Janet. Thanks for posting them.
Here is my "in/out" video... of the nest entrance in a sandy bank. By the way I slowed the video down 2x as they were SO quick! "Tree" Wasp Nest ... gone to ground! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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28-07-2010, 09:32 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Tree Wasp - Dolichovespula sylvestris?
That's great Jane!
I don't find them aggressive either, I was stood with them coming in to the nest going past my head. They are very busy!
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