Saturday, June 29, 2019

What is this?

So, on the light by the front door of the place I'm staying there's a most unusual structure. You can see it dangling from the bottom right corner, shaped somewhat like a tiny hot-air balloon with the opening at the bottom.

It's clearly a nest of some kind, but what kind of creature made it? It's too small for a bat or even the smallest bird.




My first thought was that it might be a dirt-dobber, though an unusual one. But cautiously touching it reveals its not made of clay dobbing, as I thought, but grey paper, which makes me think it's some kind of solitary wasp. At any rate it's not doing anyone any harm.

Thanks to Janice K. for the photo.

--John R.

2 comments:

OnTheTrail said...

John this looks like a bald-faced Hornet nest to me.

N.E. Brigand said...

Here's video of a similar nest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHGVMSfnKmY

Apparently the tube entrance is removed as the nest grows.