You may know what this is by looking at it. It’s very humble. I’ve posted photos of these before. Obviously, they continue to fascinate me.
There’s something about the natural shape and form that’s inherently beautiful to me. The sinuous lines, soft colors. Agreed?
It’s a paper wasp nest. I hope you can still see its beauty. We’ve had several freezing nights so the residents of this paper wasp nest are very likely dead. They do not survive freezing temperatures. There appears to be some critter in the doorway here. I wonder if it may be a spider feasting on wasp remnants.
I’ve never seen a wasp nest close up. It looks like a nice piece of art. I also didn’t know that freezing temps will wipe them out. It does look like a spider and it will probably camp out there and enjoy the decaying wasps. How festive is that. 🙂
Natural forms in wood, lava, and other formations have a graceful beauty to be admired by anyone with a discerning eye. Lovely photos.
Absolutely agreed Kay. Insects are incroyable architectural designers, it’s bit like spider webs, amazing creations each time. It really is tough out there for creatures of every kind!
I would never have guessed paper wasp nest. I was going to guess some kind of mushroom. That shows how much I know! Our wasps nest are rather small and I get rid of them asap.
Always a good idea to give them a wide berth when they’re active.
Hello from Idaho and found your blog though “Perth Daily Photo” for while we had quite a few those biting insect. Since the weather cool down a bit and they seem to scramed.
If you fine the time stop in for a cup of coffe
A work of art.
Wasp nests are indeed lovely. The ones in Sequim seem more appealing than the ones around here, which are mostly just gray.
Wow – that is simply amazing. We had one near our house one time, long ago – but I never was brave enough to get a photo. It was not freezing weather.