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Figures 1 and 2. Nests of M. m. cubicola at Sapelo Island, showing the general 
structure and safety area on the back of the nest (arrow). 
concrete arbors. Small (5-15 cells) uninhabited nests (Figs. 1 and 2) 
were numerous on the wooden frames of windows of the R. J. 
Reynolds home adjacent to the Marine Institute dormitory at the 
southern end of the island. Uninhabited nests were also found less 
abundantly on wooden structures of other buildings at the island’s 
south end. Nest abandonment at these locations was partially due to 
occasional sprayings of pesticides. Three nests were found in metal 
and ceramic bell-like wind chimes in the Haines City, Polk County, 
Fla., location. 
Nests on vegetation on Sapelo Island were found only on the 
underside of the leaves (Fig. 3) of ihe cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto 
(Walt.). This tree and Serenoa repens (Bartr.) (the common saw 
palmetto) (Fig. 4) are the most predominant members of the palm 
family, Arecaceae (= Palmae), found on Sapelo Island. One nest of 
this wasp was also collected from S. palmetto on Patterson Island, 
but nests were not found on buildings in that location. No nests 
were found on saw palmetto, Serenoa repens , on either island. In 
contrast to our findings, Litte (1977) found nests of this wasp almost 
exclusively on the leaves of Serenoa repens. Nests were found on 
cabbage palm on an island in a man-made lake near Orlando, Fla., 
and a single nest was found on the leaf of a plant in the genus 
Heliconia (Musaceae) at that location. Bequaert (1933) mentioned a 
nest found in Cuba that was built on Spanish moss ( Tillandsia , 
Bromeliaceae) about six feet above the ground at the periphery of a 
swampy margin of a stream. 
