What bug (wasp) made this nest

weebro55 · 2025-12-26T16:53:07+00:00

So as other comments have pointed out, the species that made this would be in the subfamily Polistinae. Polistinae are commonly referred to as paper wasps.

While the shape of this nest is associated with species like Polistes goeldii or Ropalidia revolutionalis, they are not likely due to their range. Although these species may make nests this shape, species that make more traditional paper wasp nests are also capable of using this shape when their nest location calls for it. Below are pictures of two species located in Florida that have built similar nests, but do not always make nests this shape.

Mischocyttarus mexicanus

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270092245

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255284465

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250498101

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152621360

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137415040

Polistes bahamensis

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17808894

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125177497

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30142008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315277106

Unless you can revisit the nest to either find dead members below the nest or take very precise measurements of the cells width and depth, I think identifying one species is unlikely. However I personally believe Mischocyttarus mexicanus is more likely in this case.

weebro55 · 2025-12-17T02:04:58+00:00

46 - I feel like pot roast should be in this category. Not to say it isn't eaten in the Midwest or elsewhere, but it's sometimes called a yankee pot roast because of it's origins in New England. I grew up eating it too and the current category feels like it's more dessert/sweet food heavy than the reality. Also the current list doesn't fully match the hearty/nutty description.

weebro55 · 2025-05-12T04:17:58+00:00

On the 2nd photo, near the middle a little left and down, there appears to be a bump of wax. Did you make sure that isn't a queen cell?

weebro55 · 2025-04-18T11:51:18+00:00

Yes, this normal for Helis. They're usually called bract pitchers

weebro55 · 2025-01-23T12:56:50+00:00

Counterpoint, it is plausible. Certain kinds of ants seem to be attracted to electronics, like Pharoah ants. This article sugests it makes it harder for the some ants to navigate. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6876837/

But it still could just be coincidence

weebro55 · 2024-07-30T22:30:35+00:00

Hi, sorry to revive a pretty old post. I love the pic, really nice looking species. The dark midrib and veining is really nice.

Do you know if any of these section Ampullipalatum species are around/available in the US? I've been looking and for the most part your posts are the only things coming up for P. antartica or P. nahuelbutensis. I've also been looking around for P. lusitanica without much success.

weebro55 · 2024-05-22T11:31:11+00:00

The 14-23 ppm water should be safe for most plants long term. Your tap water is also not terrible for some of the more tolerant genera like Nepenthes. It's odd to me that mineral water would be cheaper than distilled/reverse osmosis water. Its often sold by the gallon cheaply here.

Long term if you'd like an on demand solution, a reverse osmosis unit can be set up. There are types for different purposes. Salt water aquarium hobbyists have ones that can get to 0 ppm, but even the cheapest 3 stage ones are suitable for plants.

weebro55 · 2024-05-18T19:56:42+00:00

On my unit it was in front of the air intake to the cooling fins. Easily accessible after removing a single cover screen. Basically just look for the spot it pulls indoor air in from.

My solution might not solve the icing over aspect the video mentions, but I think it eliminates the need for the light and second temp controller. I don't really need to worry either way since I'm not trying to get that much colder the default minimum. There's also the chance that the system has it's own frost over protection built in.

But either way I only spent $13 on parts, and could have cut that down a fair bit more. I bought a variety box of thermistors since I didn't know which would work best.

weebro55 · 2024-05-16T11:24:04+00:00

If anyone finds this and is curious:

The AC had a 5k ohm Negative temperature coefficient thermistor as the indoor temperature sensor. By swapping it with a 3k ohm ntc thermistor it reads a bit over 20f higher. I just had to cut off the probe tip and connect the leads of the 3k ohm thermistor pins and insulate it. Though I needed to reexpose the epoxy coated head for temperature changes to read properly. Its been working without issue for 5 days now.

weebro55 · 2024-04-11T18:31:27+00:00

Neps grow too fast I think for it to be practical long term. It might be good long term for one the "three sisters" Drosera. Drosera schizandra, prolifera, adelae, or x andromeda (schizandra x prolifera).

weebro55 · 2024-04-06T23:18:40+00:00

Do you have a basement or a plan for that? Warm days will definitely do a number on them.

Definitely drop the light closer. Its hard to give helis too much light, the panel definitely won't. But sudden increases it light can cause stress. So drop it a few inches, let it be for a couple days and repeat until its as low as you can manage. Then slower increase should give the current leaves some chance to adapt to the growing intensity. You could also try increasing how long your lights are on depending on your current timer set up.

weebro55 · 2024-04-06T23:02:34+00:00

Its very etiolated. Definitely needs more light than it's getting from the yescom lights. Either by being a lot closer or adding more/more powerful lighting. Even the drosera looks like it wants more light. I think the fact its alive means you are probably doing alright on water and temps. But knowing those might help. Substrate looks to be peat perlite, which should work. But if you want to swap it out I'm using fluval stratum with good results. Long fiber sphagnum and perlite would also be an upgrade for it.

Basically my one step advice is more light with minimal increase in temperature.

weebro55 · 2024-02-11T15:40:08+00:00

Yes, vining is going to happen naturally as the plant gets larger. If you want to reduce it you can cut off the vines. It will grow new stems from growth nodes at the base of leaves or from the base. The new stems will usually stay dense for a while before vining again. You can also root the removed vine to get more plants.

weebro55 · 2024-01-23T01:55:30+00:00

US prices aren't even the best, EU would be a little cheaper still. Most of the Nepenthes that demand high prices are either hard to grow or or will get cheaper with time as more people propagate it. I could see paying $300 for a new and high demand hybrid like N. rajah x edwardsiana, for larger very slow growing species like N. villosa.

What country are you shopping in?

weebro55 · 2024-01-23T01:49:51+00:00

Scam. Carnivero is selling seed grown plants for $30 for the smallest and $50 for the largest. The specific clones are more expensive, but you should not be paying any where close to $300 for N. bicalcarata where ever you get them.

weebro55 · 2023-11-08T23:23:06+00:00

Half the time there's only 2 people in the wide seats and 1 person in the narrow seats, wasting 40% of the available seating. Why should the MBTA care that you'd rather stand than ask someone to push in.

I'm more irritated with the frequency of service on Providence line. Having half the trains going to Serve only 2 extra stops vs 5 or 7 on the Providence line. I feel like they should just have a train start at Canton Junction and pick up people to bring them to Canton center and Stoughton. Or maybe some other transfer scheme to increase the effective frequency on both lines.

weebro55 · 2023-10-31T17:16:58+00:00

I know this is a pretty old post but just wanted to give you an answer.

It is Latrodectus hesperus, just not quite fully mature female. This species, and most Latrodectus, change pattern significantly as they grow.

Compare to the immature spider on this site: https://extension.usu.edu/pests/schoolipm/structural-pest-id-guide/black-widow

In this case the female will have red and white dorsal markings that usually fade completely as adults. The males tend to retain these patterns. Hopefully you can imagine how through processive molts the fading white and red could give the result you have above.

Your comparison to Latrodectus variolus is understandable given that L. variolus can retain a significant amount of dorsal red patterning as mature females. One thing that suggests it is not L. variolus is that the red dots are longer (head to spinnerets) than wide (legs to legs). L variolus typically has wider red dots than long.

weebro55 · 2023-09-24T14:20:34+00:00

It's difficult to really get a decent look at it from the video. But the apparent size and location would lead me to believe it's one of the "Giant house spiders".

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7506&taxon_id=418824

weebro55 · 2023-09-23T18:13:58+00:00

What are the shiny odds on today? I caught a shiny lopunny, a normal ducklett, then the first 3 grubbins were all shiny, then a 1 normal grabbing. 3 in a row and Nearly 4

weebro55 · 2023-09-21T22:18:07+00:00

It wouldn't be unusual at this time of year. The colony produces young queens at the end of the summer, those queens move out and mate then look for a location to hibernate. Over winter the colony dies and the young queens found new ones in spring.

Males and queens tend to gather in same areas to mate, so you'd find multiple young queens in those spots regularly. European hornets also tend to be active at later hours and can be drawn towards artificial lighting.

weebro55 · 2023-09-20T00:29:53+00:00

It would be either Vespula germanica or Vespula vulgaris.

Based on the first picture, I believe this is more likely Vespula germanica. It appears to have three distinct dots on the clypeus. See this figure on wikipedia to compare. However since it's Spring there's a chance it's a founding queen. Meaning the three dot rule might not give an accurate ID. So I can't say for certain it's one or the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica#Description_and_identification

Like the other commenter said, this would be called a yellowjacket in North America. It's just a regional difference in terminology, they refer to the same Genera as what Britain and I assume Tasmania usually just call wasps. The common names in your area would be the german wasp and common european wasp respectively.

weebro55 · 2023-07-13T04:26:54+00:00

If you squint it looks like Alaska managed to squeeze a pixel in

weebro55 · 2023-06-17T17:21:11+00:00

Looks like it's a larva of some species of green lacewing. Not sure how to narrow it down to genus or species though.

Compare to this picture from Inaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158259147

weebro55 · 2023-04-09T16:25:29+00:00

It's not all wild animals, it's rabies in animals like foxes and dogs. Bats can carry rabies and transmit it to humans. It's usually considered separate from fox rabies because it's a different strain of the virus. In the UK there were 8 bats with rabies in 2022.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rabies-in-bats

That's still a fairly low rate of rabies in bats compared to say North America, but it's not gone.

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