Dolichovespula maculata -- bald-faced hornet nest, Boulder Colorado. Nest courtesy of Rachel Shannon and a zillion hornets.
4 Comments
Paul Burnett · 29 November 2010
When I was a kid, squirrel hunting in the woods with a .22, we would shoot at these nests - from a great distance. Extra points if it fell off the branch...then you would run like crazy.
I varnished one once, after cleaning it out after a hard freeze. It fell apart after a few years, but it did give a few folks a start when they first walked into the room.
raven · 30 November 2010
These exist around where I live. They tend to build them in shrubs near water a few feet off the ground.
Perfect for walking into if you aren't paying attention.
The bald faced hornets tend to be bigger than the yellowjackets. Having been stung once, they also hurt more than a yellowjacket.
hmm...funny. in respone to paul, what we did back in 1992 when we were kids, we used to position on of us under the hornet nest and shoot it in hope to drop it on the chosen head. ha ha ha ha it was funny back then...
4 Comments
Paul Burnett · 29 November 2010
When I was a kid, squirrel hunting in the woods with a .22, we would shoot at these nests - from a great distance. Extra points if it fell off the branch...then you would run like crazy.
I varnished one once, after cleaning it out after a hard freeze. It fell apart after a few years, but it did give a few folks a start when they first walked into the room.
raven · 30 November 2010
These exist around where I live. They tend to build them in shrubs near water a few feet off the ground.
Perfect for walking into if you aren't paying attention.
The bald faced hornets tend to be bigger than the yellowjackets. Having been stung once, they also hurt more than a yellowjacket.
בניית אתרים · 9 December 2010
hmm...funny. in respone to paul, what we did back in 1992 when we were kids, we used to position on of us under the hornet nest and shoot it in hope to drop it on the chosen head. ha ha ha ha it was funny back then...
tabela · 18 December 2010
yes we did as a child, very funny.