"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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I'm in Southern NH, current temp about 65, cool, breezy and storm on it's
way.

Today I found a wasp nest, with wasps, unlike anything I've ever seen.
First, I actual had pulled on the stem it was on and only found the wasps
when I grabbed to pull it off. There were at least 6-7 wasps seemingly
unconcerned by my presence. Didn't get buzzed, stung, what ever.

They were small - at most 3/4 of an inch and could be closer to a half
inch.
The nest/comb was flat, at this point about 3.5 inches across and the
cells
were definitely on the small side and the nest was about the silver brown
color of dried leaves (which is why I grabbed there in the first place). I
know yellow jacket nests well - this was not a yellow jack nest.

Standard black and yellow coloration - other than the size, nothing stood
out. Mind you, I wasn't going to stick around and take notes. Though I did
continue working right around the area.

Thoughts ? Please and thank you

Cheryl


Maybe like this?

http://zootal.com/images/paperwasp2.jpg

Paper wasps build nests like that, and most of them are quite gentle. The
one in the above is an european paper wasp, and is about 3/4 inch in length.
The newly hatches ones are about 1/2 inch or so. When they fly, you can see
the legs hanging down. There are smaller varieties as well. They tend to be
quite gentle, but poke the nest enough and they might zap you a few times.

Can you get a picture of them?