Is This a Wasp Nest?

[Moonfox]

These are wasps nests, yeah? I dunno, that's the only thing I could think of when I saw them, but I'm not very well studied in invertebrates. I've noticed a wasp hovering around under the patio, looking for spiders I suppose, this biggish yellow/orange one. Scares the hell out of me when she feels like it :lol:.

Could anyone tell me what they are - if they are wasps, what species? I'm not going to destroy them - wasps are much more tolerant than bees, in my experience, and they're kinda cool. Do the sealed tubes have larvae in them, and why is one obviously constructed to be open - do they sleep in there?

How cool are the different coloured stripes!

 

[Braidotti]

I think their mud wasps ( might be wrong )

 

[snakes123]

yeah it is

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Mud-Dauber Wasp Sceliphron formosum

All the info is on here
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_wasps/Palmdart.htm

 

[Funkstaa]

Hubby (pest tech) sais yeah the open one is the entry hole, if you broke them up you would see a tunnel connecting them all.It most likely would have larvae and spiders as that species supposedly eats them - they don't sleep in there they just use it as a food source : p

 

[Moonfox]

Oh, cool, thanks everyone! I'll have to keep my eye out for some activity. Poor spiders! O_O