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Old 9/28/06, 3:54 AM
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I m not sure what this is? could not get very close, I poked it with a stick, and it feels like very light paper
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Old 9/28/06, 4:56 AM
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It looks like a wasp's nest to me.


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It looks like a wasp's nest to me.
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you might not want to poke things that look like that with a stick!!!
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Ditto what Larry and Bill said. I hope you had a way to get out fast. Lady Luck was on your side on this one. 10,000 hornets in your face could get ugly. On the positive side, there is a market for "dead" hornet nests, if they can be removed whole.
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stu's right...hornets
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ouch - hornets!
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Hornets.

Accidently wacked one with a hedge clipper about a month ago.


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