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09/12/2013 02:42:36 AM · #1			 | 
		
		What is this nesting in my shed...some sort of insect from the size of it...paper wasp?  If I knock it down, will they attack or does it contain larvae?
 
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09/12/2013 03:57:40 AM · #2			 | 
		
		Mud Dauber wasp is my guess. I have never taken one down, but the maintenance crew at my apartment just scrapes them off when the turn up. I don't think they attack. Maybe wait until the colder hours when they're less active?
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09/12/2013 05:14:39 AM · #3			 | 
		
		| Get some wasp spray and spray it.  Wait a day then scrape it off. If you spray the perimeter of the area most wasps and mud daubers will not build a nest for about 6 months. |  
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09/12/2013 10:29:14 AM · #4			 | 
		
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09/12/2013 10:56:43 AM · #5			 | 
		
		Yeah looks like a dirt dauber. They eat spiders...The nest will be full of spiders that are stunned....They are fairly harmless
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09/12/2013 11:49:40 AM · #6			 | 
		
		| The remaining question is whether or not mom is in the nest, or just eggs?  From the pic it looks like something big inside. |  
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09/12/2013 12:38:59 PM · #7			 | 
		
		| It's like Christmas. Open it, open it! |  
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