hoosierbanana
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Posted 1315373883
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I took this picture awhile ago and forgot to post it. Whatever made it did a nice job I think.
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TucsonKen
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Posted 1315374420
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Looks like a potter wasp nest. http://bugguide.net/node/view/12601
hoosierbanana
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Posted 1315375689
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Thank you Ken, my figs are providing some nice habitat these days. I found a video of the likely craftsman at work.
will
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Posted 1315429787
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great pic
FrozenJoe
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Posted 1315439395
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Wasp. I had one building a nest in my Celeste a few weeks ago. When it flew away I would break off the nest. It kept rebuilding in the same spot on the same leaf, so I picked off the leaf. Then it started to build on the next leaf over. I had to kill the thing because it was obsessed with that tree. It's no fun to have wasps buzzing around when you go near your fig tree.
hoosierbanana
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Posted 1315447837
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Joe- Paper wasps/yellow jackets are nasty things around their nests. But, I think once the mud wasp or potter wasp is done building it takes off and does not guard the nest at all. And, it is stuffing beetle grubs in those pots I learned, so potter wasps are my pals.
