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Hi.... my first post to this group and it's a plea to help with an identification.

While hoping that I am conforming to the rules of the forum, I have posted a couple of images on my picasa site and I would be grateful if some kind soul could identify the subject and post a reply. I have tried to attach the images to this post but am unsure if I have been successful ... I believe not

Last autumn I took a couple of pictures of the item featured in the link
below. It measured c. 2cm in length and was beautifully constructed. In
spite of looking very hard, it was, in fact, extremely soft. It was attached to the underside of the roof of our woodshed. I had never noticed it "intact" .... only spotted with the hole (assuming that the hole was made by an occupant).

I have asked a few people interested in lepidoptery but drawn a blank.
Have asked BBC Wildlife Magazine if they can help ... silence. Thus I
hope the knowledge of this august group can crack it :-))

The URL is http://picasaweb.google.com/twleigher

Any input welcome.

Tom W.

Hmmm. I remember seeing something like this in the distant past. Cant think what it turned out to be though. My guess would be some kind of Bee or Wasp. I will try and find out.