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Wasps, in MY bench? More likely than you'd think 2016-07-20 00:26:24 Post No. 2170981
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Wasps, in MY bench? More likely than you'd think 2016-07-20 00:26:24 Post No. 2170981
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Wasps, in MY bench? More likely than you'd think
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2016-07-20 00:26:24
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About two weeks ago there was a wasp which usually flew round my bench. Every so often it'd land and start scratching small lines of wood off of the bench.
Fast forward two weeks and now there are three wasps which show up daily to scratch pieces of wood off my bench and carry it away to god knows where.
I was wondering if /an/ knew why wasps do this.
Are they just taking little bits of wood so they can stick together a nest or what?
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>Are they just taking little bits of wood so they can stick together a nest or what?
Yep, thats exactly what they're doing. Also don't worry, they aren't aggressive while they're out gathering materials like that.
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They chew the wood up with saliva to make a paste and then use it to make their paper-based nest. Some kinds make an open-ended nest like pic related.
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And others make these enclosed paper nests. These are hornets. The ones in the previous picture are wasps. Some other kinds of wasps use mud instead.
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