There are yellow jackets who build aerial nests. Much to my surprise, since I had always thought that they built underground, I found this out this year while trying to paint a carport. The exterminator who came and destroyed the start of the nest, told me that this year was really bad for the aerial ones.


Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:25:02 -0700
> From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
> To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>,
> Trileigh Tucker <TRI at seattleu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Off-topic,
> mostly: Seattle wasp species that build paper nests
>
> Trileigh,
> I believe that is a bald-faced hornet nest, but the photo is of a yellowjacket, Vespula alascensis. They
> build nests underground or in structures such as buildings or, perhaps, hollow trees. I presume the
> yellowjackets are using the hornet nest, something I hadn't heard of.
>
> I should add that birds sometimes eat wasps.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2013, at 12:03 PM, tweeters-request at mailman1.u.washington.edu wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:33:41 +0000
> From: "Tucker, Trileigh" <TRI at seattleu.edu>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Off-topic, mostly: Seattle wasp species that build
> paper nests
> To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID: <CE1EB4A1.203DE%tri at seattleu.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
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> Hi Tweeters,
>
> I'll start with a birding observation for legitimacy: I have seen several Rufous Hummingbirds
> near Lincoln Park in West Seattle this year, both in the park and, more commonly, at my
> feeders and on my yard flowers. There don't seem to be as many as in previous years,
> unfortunately.
>
> There is a beautiful football-sized paper-wasp nest near my house?characteristic of nests
> built by bald-faced hornets. However, these wasps don't look like that species; these are
> narrow-bodied with many thin yellow segments in the abdomen (photos
> at?flickr.com/photos/trileigh). Does anyone know what other Seattle wasp species build such
> nests?
>
> Thanks as always,
> Trileigh
>
> Trileigh Tucker
> Lincoln Park, West Seattle
> Natural history website:?naturalpresence.wordpress.com
> Flickr page:?flickr.com/photos/trileigh
>
>
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> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson at comcast.net
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