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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouldy" data-source="post: 1274510" data-attributes="member: 25743">Thanks for the input as ever Harry, interesting insight into the world of wasps (though I doubt such a tale would make it into confessions of a plumber :-O)Wildwood -  the nest was small and grey but certainly not exposed, I only got the photos after hacking through about 6 inches of ivy, though of course when the nest was founded the ivy would have been a lot thinner, it grows so fast. Like your avatar mind.All the parts I could rescue and corpses are in my greenhouse at the minute waiting to be examined, though I still wonder what happened to the queen.Kathy - thanks for sharing, though we're hoping to move house soon so hoping not to be around to find out if they come back again.Alan - even that makes me shudder, as much as I try I still behave like a big jessie when one buzzes around my face.</blockquote>