Wasp nest slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
Umbrella-shaped nest of paper wasps in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2011
Nest of paper wasps on a log in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
Paper wasp nest on a bush in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2012
Green worm caterpillar emerging from a clay potter s wasp nest (Eumenes) on a door frame outside of an apartment on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2009
A wasp nest in a forest 2 miles west from Petiayarvi, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 19, 2001
Paper wasp nest in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2011
Wasp nest slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) in area of Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2017
Wasp nest sporangia of slime mold Metatrichia vesparia in area of Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2017
Wasp nest sporangia of slime mold Metatrichia vesparia on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
Old paper wasp s nest in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2018
Wasp nest slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) on a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
Wasp nest slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) on bark of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
Wasp nest slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) with intact apical caps on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
Small paper wasp nest under a log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Wasp nest among dry leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2022
Fallen paper wasp nest on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
Oak leaf galls (specifically from the gall wasp Belonocnema kinseyi or a related cynipid species) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Ants harvest the galls, carry them back to the nest to consume the nutritious outer layer, and often discard the hard inner "seed" (which contains the wasp larva) unharmed. This is a newly discovered form of "myrmecochory" (ant dispersal) where the gall wasp manipulates the ants to transport its offspring to the safety of the ant nest. Texas, December 14, 2025
