Anyone know what this is?

[SCOMAN]

As the title says, anyone know what this is? I just found it outside my front door hanging on to the ceiling of the open porch. I'm guessing it's been there only a few days or I'd have noticed it sooner. It's grey, spherical and approx 5cm in diameter.

 

[tobes01]

Wasp nest!

 

[extremeds]

i concur! only a tiny one. Worked in a loft once that had a nest over a meter square!!!! eek

 

[SCOMAN]

Cheers guys I'm going to close the windows and knock it down and run back inside, fearless warrior me!

 

[SCOMAN]

No wasps evident, excuse my ignorance but it's sparked my interest. Do they live inside it or is it just an entrance to a larger nest underneath the plyboard?

 

[tobes01]

That's the foundation of a nest, the new queens have just taken to the wing and are out and about getting their own nests together. Give it a good smack now and you won't have to deal with something much bigger in a few weeks' time...

 

[SCOMAN]

Done no wasps evident. It was rice paper thin, if it's still there tomorrow with no wasps I'll give it to my fiancee's niece who loves wildlife.

 

[hiho]

mine usually end up in cloud of dust. when I hit hit as hard as possible with a sweeping brush...
nowt worse than being pestered with wasps in the garage

 

[Ogri the trog]

Once free of its inhabitants, it should make some serviceable tinder!

ATB

Ogri the trog