Unfortunately they are too high up for me to safely remove them but they will probably hang there for a good bit, there was a small worker in the womens but too small any good pic. Are these queens are really big workers? Always trying to learn!
These pics were taken at the Succotash Marsh in South Kingston, Rhode Island. I'm primarily a birder, but I do love observing all kinds of nature. Fell in love with Northern Paper Wasps last year after having a few simply fly near me, piquing my interest in them.
Idk why I haven't posted these pics here earlier. I guess I just forgot, oopsies.
These ladies have started two...nests? near my front door - one about two feet above it and one about 4 inches away. Is it safe to leave them where they are with us moving through the door multiple times a day?
I swear this is the EXACT wasp i just posted earlier and it is PISSED AT ME like brooo i let you live wtf
Can anyone identify what they might be? Seems like they left but I dont wanna poke the nest just yet.
Located in NY
I made a new friend today. It was his last day. He appeared next to me on my porch stairs. Weak and unable to fly. I decided, if it is his last day it will be the very best day. We had honey, sugar water, flowers, explored the pineapple plants, blew some bubbles. Had some fresh fruits (he liked the tomato’s in my garden). He perked up, had an amazing adventure and at the end, seemed to almost wave as if to say Thanks human. He could have stung me, sure, but he didn’t. I could have squashed him, or minded my own business but instead we had the very best last day. I then used a stick to help him back to his nesting spot. He’s resting now, likely won’t make it through the night but it really was the best last day. Thanks for the flowers. Wasps are amazing. They pollinate and create beautiful things for us in their work. For 12-22 days before they die. They are incredible little creatures and need more credit. So thanks little wasp, and God speed. 💛
#LastDayOnEarth
i have this sun umbrella on one of my balconies from the previous tenants(i just started living here like 3 months ago) and I've been meaning to throw it away since it's broken and I dont use it. but it seems like this one yellowjacket started making a nest in there? which i wouldn't mind if it wasnt like...right in front of my chair/coffee table and i wasn't allergic to them.
can anyone confirm if that's what it's doing? cuz if so i might have to get rid of this before it calls its lil buddies for a house warming party. again i have only seen one singular wasp at a time so i assume it is on its own? maybe it ran away from home? i don't know
I find some of these flying around every so often.
Not a lot of flowers in the backyard, no food, and I just put down pesticides to get rid of ticks the other week.
They don't make a buzzing sound, and if they do it's very quiet. It looks like they have a very vibrant orange fuzzy booty from a distance and a yellow abdomen. Black antenna.
It was hovering around my garden just chilling.
Crawled in the grass.
Didn't bother me or my dogs.
Just wondering behaviorally if this is a yellow jacket? I'm not very familiar with their aggression when they aren't guarding their nest.
Want to keep an eye out for a nest so my dogs don't step on them because the backyard is quite large.
Haven't seen a bunch fly in and out of any holes, but there are tons of little holes in the yard from grubs and other animals.
Two videos and two stills at the end of the videos for better view of it.
So to preface, I’m in Tasmania Australia (for context on wasp species identification?) and moved into a new house in the city in November 2025.
Every single day since, a wasp has come and hung around the sliding door and slamming into the glass in between 2-4 pm. EVERY DAY.
We had one wasp come in one time and my partner dealt with it (TW maybe but I’m assuming he 💀ed it) and I understand they come to investigate and such but the behaviour is so so so weird to me. I heard they can recognise faces and I’m so confused bc I haven’t done anything to them. This sounds so silly but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas/ suggestions or information they could share with me that might enlighten me or help me.
Tia 😂
Hey guys,
It is queen season again, I’ve been killing what I thought were queens trapped in my log burner for a month or so, then after cleaning out the ashes today I discovered this utter behemoth (pic 4). Are these all wasps of different genus??
What in God’s Green Earth has been hiding in my log burner?!?
Unfortunately for the little gals, mail has to go in the mailbox (legally), and they really love them as a place to build nests. I’ve seen countless nests started inside and then smashed the next week and it always bums me out. So let’s gently deter them from building there in the first place and encourage them to build elsewhere!
The secret trick is dryer sheets. I’m not sure if it’s just the smell but if you place a dryer sheet or two inside your mailbox (or anywhere you want to keep nest-free) they tend to avoid building nests in there! I tell this to everyone on my route so I can continue to do my job and not see carnage throughout the day. ❤️
Hi y'all, I'm hoping someone here can tell me how insane my (literal first) idea is. Something in my situation has changed and I must move - I've found a new place already that is located about 5/7 mins away. I have gotten a bit attached to the wasps here, I greet the nests by my front door daily, sometimes just standing there watching them (even successfully saved a couple that got in). When we moved in, the house had no wasps around / on the home, the area is pretty active with pest removal and we regularly get reps knocking on the door. One told me they relocate the nests to trees after I had replied "they don't bother me", I thought he was lying but didn't look into at the time.... I believe the owner will 100% not want them there and will restart pest remediation around the property.
(Basically TLDR;)
Could I possibly take my wasps and the nests somehow and bring them to our new home?
If so, how likely is it that they will sting the crap out of me? They've never shown aggression before, but I've also never tried to kidnap them before.
I was thinking maybe I could like buy a bee suit to protect myself, maybe wear a few layers of denim or something??
Another question would be is there any way to calm them (such as smoking bees) so I could most effectively grab as many wasps as possible? Idk how wasp families work but I'm not trying to break up siblings you know?
THEN the last question would be, assuming everything else goes smoothly, could I just like use a tiny dot of superglue at the base to reattach it once moved?
Found this wasp(?) between the our screen and sliding door, was curious what type it was. Any ideas?
Edit: if any has suggestions on whether we should try and remove it or do something that’d be great too! Thanks!