Hornets' nest!!
Jul 16, 2022 09:28:40 #
We discovered a hornets' nest on the side of our swimming pool the other day and basically destroyed it with spray before taking it apart which resulted in some very interesting pictures.
Jul 16, 2022 09:32:12 #
Those are awesome photos. Never seen anything quite like it from the inside. The last one showing emerging young is special. Can see shadows of the young inside the closed nacelles. National Geo level work you have here.
Jul 16, 2022 09:32:45 #
Jul 16, 2022 09:33:46 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Those are white face hornets! Mean buggers! What did you spray the nest with?
Stan
Stan
Jul 16, 2022 09:40:14 #
StanMac wrote:
Those are white face hornets! Mean buggers! What did you spray the nest with?
Stan
Stan
Yes they are and NOT welcomed at our swimming pool!! We sprayed with Spectracide wasp & hornet spray which basically melted the exterior of the nest and killed the adults inside. When we examined the interior the next day we found larvae and emerging individuals which were still alive, but not for long!!
Jul 16, 2022 09:42:37 #
SueScott wrote:
We discovered a hornets' nest on the side of our swimming pool the other day and basically destroyed it with spray before taking it apart which resulted in some very interesting pictures.
Wouzza! What a fantastic look at something often missed. We had two of these but they hung high in the tree. When they unraveled the innards weren't so clearly visible. "WeightWatchers" love these things, as big as they get the remain very light in that department. You now qualify for the resident "Science Guy/Gal" of the UHH. Very nice work, and thanx for posting.
Jul 16, 2022 09:42:49 #
Very good work! Thanks for sharing 👍. I really like that last one too.
Jul 16, 2022 09:43:51 #
Hereford wrote:
Those are awesome photos. Never seen anything quite like it from the inside. The last one showing emerging young is special. Can see shadows of the young inside the closed nacelles. National Geo level work you have here.
Thank you! Looking at the cells close-up is quite an education as to how these things develop. The hornets had only begun their second layer and if left alone the nest could have grown to the size of a basketball or larger - think about how many offspring that would have produced!!!
Jul 16, 2022 09:57:49 #
Interesting captures, Sue. Glad no one was stung in this eradication process.
Hornets are mean little buggers!🐝
Will
Hornets are mean little buggers!🐝
Will
Jul 16, 2022 10:00:46 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Interesting captures, Sue. Glad no one was stung in this eradication process.
Hornets are mean little buggers!🐝
Will
Hornets are mean little buggers!🐝
Will
We sprayed after dark when they were in the nest - even then we saw a straggler entering - boy, was it in for a surprise!!
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Jul 16, 2022 10:23:44 #
NICE work ! ......not good for a pool area !......thanks for sharing
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