Paper wasps (Polistes) construct nests of a papier-mache-like material formed by chewing plant and wood fibers together with saliva. This water-resistant nest is quite large, since the wasps are 3/4" to 1" long.

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Created by M.K.Ravishankar (mk_ravishankar@yahoo.com) on Sat Feb 16 17:16:12 2013