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Wow, I'm afraid you lost me a little with this one, but I am now off to 'carefully' google it and come back when I have a better understanding!.....
As they say you learn something new every day!!
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i have left a blog on there regarding my sister,we are trying to find out what theses insect or what every theses things are!!!!!!
today i have just spoken to my sister and she has said that there are loads flying in and out [very fast].
weather wise its very warm not sure if its that that is making a differance.
also they have been there about 4 weeks or so.
HELP...
I have a nest of (smallish wasp looking insects) in my cranebill patch, they are strippy yellow and black and I think they are nesting in the ground. I have noticed when I approach the nest a group fly out in formation. I work around them, but I want to cut back the crane bill and tidy the area a bit. But I don't want to disturb them. Kate thought they might be bumblebees. I have had wasp nests, these are smaller, and I have become quite attached to them. I would love to know what they are, I cant do photos yet, I am new to this technology!!! Very new!!
They may very well be wasps. The trouble is that there are very many species, most of which are black and yellow. Have a look at the gallery on the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society web page:
http://www.bwars.com/Gallery.htm
Most likely they are in the families Sphecidae or Vespidae. Have a browse there. They live 'solitary' lives in that they each make their own individual nests and work alone, but they sometimes gather in wasp 'villages'. The 'formation' flying out to meet you may just be a gathering of the wasps about at that moment. One last possibility is the paper wasp, Polistes, perhaps just becoming established in the UK. Have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_dominula