Paper Nest Of Yellow Jacket Wasp Broken Nest Hanging In Tree Branches Stock Photography

The worker yellowjacket makes a nest of a pulp-like material made from chewed up wood glued together with yellowjacket saliva. The nest provides yellowjackets protection and is temperature regulated when the wasps fan their wings. The paper-like structure of the aerial yellowjacket is typically used for only one year, however some extremely large nests in the southwestern area of the U.S. will be used another year. They can be found hanging from trees, tall bushes and from man-made structures such as house eaves.