Probably a wasp or solitary bee of some sort. We never saw the insect, just the little nests in some tape or book spine you hadn't opened for a while. Insects,

Probably a wasp or solitary bee of some sort. We never saw the insect, just the little nests in some tape or book spine you hadn't opened for a while. Insects, spiders, centipedes, lizards, all had pretty much free range in the houses back then. Every once in a while one of our cats would run up the walls trying to catch something. Years later in Canada, I opened up an old amplifier we'd brought back with us to see if I could get it running again, and inside was a mummified gecko, perfectly dried, sitting on the board. They were constant companions on our walls, keeping the house free of the moths and mozzies.