At the end of October 2010 I watched these two hornets stripping bark from an ash sapling.
The sap they released attracted muscid flies and dung flies; as the flies encroached too close the hornets becamse irritated and attacked: sometimes catching one.
The sap they released attracted muscid flies and dung flies; as the flies encroached too close the hornets becamse irritated and attacked: sometimes catching one.
© Douglas Gregor ARPS