I saw this wasp nest in the woods in mid-August, when it was still warm.
I got pretty close to it, but without a zoom lens you can’t see the wasps very well.
I returned three weeks later.
The weather is cooler and the wasps are staying inside more, but when they leave the hive they are moving really fast. It’s shady, and the low light combined with zippy movement makes it hard to get a good shot.
Here’s a paper wasp poised to take off,
and here’s another.
Here are two wasps scooting along in a blur, coming and going,
and here’s a photo of one wasp in superhero mode, and two that are getting ready to take off.
Their nest is made from chewed up rotted wood and spit. Some bird’s nests are made from twigs and spit. Some ants make nests of mud and spit. I don’t think of saliva as a construction material, but I’m clearly in the minority here.
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