What r Wasps nests made out of? It looks like cardboard?

Answer 1

The wasps scrape the fibers from wood and other plant material. Each mouthful is carried back to the nest and pasted onto the nest, mixed with their saliva.

I have watched wasps on the outside of our house (which has weathered wood siding), and I could hear the scratching sound they made as they were scraping the surface. That also explains why the paper wasp nest is grey colored, just like the weathered wood.

Once I found an empty wasp nest inside a cardboard sonotube (the kind used for pouring concrete) and the nest was a pale tan color, because it had been made from the tan cardboard.

Answer 2

The wasps scrape the fibers from wood and other plant material. Each mouthful is carried back to the nest and pasted onto the nest, mixed with their saliva.

I have watched wasps on the outside of our house (which has weathered wood siding), and I could hear the scratching sound they made as they were scraping the surface. That also explains why the paper wasp nest is grey colored, just like the weathered wood.

Once I found an empty wasp nest inside a cardboard sonotube (the kind used for pouring concrete) and the nest was a pale tan color, because it had been made from the tan cardboard.

Answer 3

Wasps chew plant material and mix it with saliva. The saliva has enzymes in it which converts the plant material to a form of paper. In its fresh wet form it is much like paper mache. They use this paper mache-like material to make their nests. They are often referred to as "paper wasps" for this reason.

Answer 4

The wasps eat/chew pieces of plants (grass, bark, etc) and use their saliva to mold it together. When it dries, it might as well be cardboard.

Answer 5

Chewed up paper

Answer 6

the answer is made from wax produced from a gland of a bees abdomen