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BIX
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Apr 28 2011, 08:06:31 PM Post #1 |
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Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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Blimey Liza!
Edited by BIX, Apr 28 2011, 08:13:01 PM.
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ohippy
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Apr 28 2011, 08:34:48 PM Post #2 |
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Original Opulent Optimist
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what is it exactly ? |
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Melibeam
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Apr 28 2011, 08:42:58 PM Post #3 |
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Most Exceptional Lady
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Yuck :yuck:
Edited by Melibeam, Apr 28 2011, 08:44:45 PM.
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BIX
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Apr 28 2011, 08:44:00 PM Post #4 |
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Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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It's mud wasp nests. They build them in any nook and cranny they can find. Often at the inside corners of walls or windows. I've never seen multiple ones together like this before. |
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ohippy
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Apr 28 2011, 09:26:02 PM Post #5 |
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Original Opulent Optimist
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am off to google mud wasps :bolt: |
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Apr 28 2011, 10:12:29 PM Post #6 |
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Courageous Cuddly Kitty
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ohhh errr - how do you get rid of them |
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BIX
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Apr 28 2011, 11:12:37 PM Post #7 |
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Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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Usually dig it away with an old screwdriver then wash them away with a hose. The nests look soft but are in fact quite hard. I was giving all the outdoor furniture a steam clean and found this lot in a folded up sunbed. Here's a close up..... |
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rjs
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Apr 29 2011, 12:41:22 AM Post #8 |
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Richly Joyful Sylph
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Yuk |
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catgirl
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Apr 29 2011, 01:40:24 AM Post #9 |
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Courageous Cuddly Kitty
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how big are they ? they look like cocoons |
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| HUP | Apr 29 2011, 06:40:36 AM Post #10 |
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It all looks very Australian. They all want there own little homes. The McMansion of Wasps nests |
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| Hevs | Apr 29 2011, 09:06:24 AM Post #11 |
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It looks like a line of very neat poo's :whistle: |
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BIX
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Apr 29 2011, 10:04:24 AM Post #12 |
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Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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They're about 2 inches long. Yes, sorry. I called them nests but they are in fact where they lay their young not where they live. One I broke open a while back was more of a blob and inside were 2 compartments. Wriggly green grub in one and what looked like dead insects in another presumably food for the grub. |
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| Keith&Lol | Apr 29 2011, 12:37:00 PM Post #13 |
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Never seen em clustered together like that before, hubby usually scrapes em off with a spade then squashes whateva is inside, then just hoses them down the drain. I have learned one thing livin in Aus I'm not as squeamish as I thought I was. |
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| Tiredwithtwins | Apr 29 2011, 01:41:37 PM Post #14 |
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Admin
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:barf: |
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| ABCDiamond | Apr 29 2011, 01:57:03 PM Post #15 |
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Mud Wasps resource... http://www.csiro.au/resources/MudWasps.html A can of fly spray softens them up a bit :whistle: |
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May 1 2011, 09:32:55 PM Post #16 |
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We're forever scraping them out of the gaps between the bricks but our bricks are a cream colour and we're always left with a brown mark that does not come off. Evil bloody things, those wasps. We get a fair few smaller versions of your pic on the supporting beams of the car port roof - they don't last long either. |
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BIX
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May 2 2011, 08:52:04 PM Post #17 |
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Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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We have the same trouble. It's the iron oxide in the soil that stains everything. Anything you get the red soil on is marked forever. |
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