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pitta
head gardener


Australia
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Posted - 31/12/2008 :  15:03:04  Show Profile Send pitta a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In Cooktown they are called Golden Ringers,I call them a darn pest as they build with our red oxide mud ,leaving stains when you remove them from the walls.Pitta
Pitta.

If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.

Gwen
Cooktown

Mary-Anne
garden sage



Australia
10809 Posts
Posted - 31/12/2008 :  15:18:25  Show Profile Send Mary-Anne a Private Message  Reply with Quote
!!WOW!! That is so interesting Gwen..

Red Houses yes that would be a nuisance to remove the red colour..




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Pamela
head gardener



Australia
3949 Posts
Posted - 31/12/2008 :  17:07:17  Show Profile Send Pamela a Private Message  Reply with Quote
We have similar wasps here but the soil is easy to high pressure blast their nests away

"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."
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Gail
garden sage



Australia
7707 Posts
Posted - 31/12/2008 :  17:10:18  Show Profile Send Gail a Private Message  Reply with Quote
We have a few similar ones too and their nests leave marks which are hard to remove so I can imagine what red soil nests would be like. Great pics

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.

A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.

Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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tessa
head gardener



Australia
3682 Posts
Posted - 31/12/2008 :  17:46:13  Show Profile Send tessa a Private Message  Reply with Quote
wait a minute.
has that wasp got its bum on a stick?

cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa
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Mary-Anne
garden sage



Australia
10809 Posts
Posted - 31/12/2008 :  20:59:05  Show Profile Send Mary-Anne a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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I needed that laugh..No one has put any jokes on today..


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