These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Mud daubers build a variety of mud nests, including organ-pipe nests and globular nests.

Mud Dauber wasps are not social wasps like Paper wasps.
They are in a different family.
Many paralyze spiders to provision mud cells built to enclose eggs, larvae and pupae.
The mud cells form long clay tubes or large lumps.
The wasps are slender; they are shiny black or brown, orange or yellow, with black markings.
Many have long slender thread waists.

Like Carpenter bees there is no protective worker caste; these wasps are not aggressive; they will not sting unless pressed or handled.
Mud Daubers place their mud nests in protected places like electric motors, sheds, attics, against house siding and under porch ceilings.

Health Risks:
Have stingers but are usually not aggressive and sting only when handled.


Social Wasps (Hornets ,Yellow jacks ,Paper Wasps) Characteristics:

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Mud daubers build a variety of mud nests, including organ-pipe nests and globular nests.

Mud Dauber wasps are not social wasps like Paper wasps.
They are in a different family.
Many paralyze spiders to provision mud cells built to enclose eggs, larvae and pupae.
The mud cells form long clay tubes or large lumps.
The wasps are slender; they are shiny black or brown, orange or yellow, with black markings.
Many have long slender thread waists.

Like Carpenter bees there is no protective worker caste; these wasps are not aggressive; they will not sting unless pressed or handled.
Mud Daubers place their mud nests in protected places like electric motors, sheds, attics, against house siding and under porch ceilings.

Health Risks:
Have stingers but are usually not aggressive and sting only when handled.


Social Wasps (Hornets ,Yellow jacks ,Paper Wasps) Characteristics:

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

Typical "wasp" body type:
- a short, narrow attachment between the thorax and the abdomen, which is spindle shaped and tipped with a long stinger. ]
Thorax and abdomen brightly marked with yellow, red or brown on a black background.

Hornets nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building.
Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. Insect Hornets are most commonly are found in hollow trees. However, hornets nests also can be found in barns, attics, hollow walls, and abandoned bee hives.

The hornets nests built in unprotected places are covered with a brown envelope (paper) composed of chewed plant fibers. The brown color will help distinguish it from the more common gray nests of aerial nesting yellow jackets (also called baldfaced or black hornets).


Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps.
Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.
These wasps are not as aggressive as yellow jackets or hornets,   

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.

These have large grayish-brown carton like structure, many times hanging from a tree or bush. They are considered wasps.