Thursday, June 18, 2015

Paper wasps at a nest


European paper wasps (Polistes dominula) working on a nest, above a garage door in West Lafayette.  I noticed the nest when I opened the garage door and an insect tried to sting me on the neck.  I looked up and saw this nest.  At first I thought they were yellow jackets until I did some web searching and found they were European paper wasps.  If you look close you can see an egg in each of three cells on the upper right.


Photo taken June 18, 2015.