It is unlikely you will recognise what this drawing depicts. It’s actually part of an incredibly delicate and fragile wasps’ nest found in our attic.

It’s made of a kind of paper which the wasps make from timber. This little piece looks like a tiny bowl, curling round and out from the centre.

This is, I understand, from the protective coating which surrounds the hexagonal honeycomb structure (also made of paper) of the cells within.

Old nests are not reused; more paper and a new nest will be constructed next spring.