We went to my parents’ house last weekend and they had a surprise for us…now don’t look ahead until you take a guess…do you know what this is?
So you know, I have this thing for stinging insects…
This is a baldfaced hornet’s nest. It turns out that these things are not really hornets in the official definition, but are a type of wasp in the same genus as the yellow jacket…of course, both creatures are mean and kinda suck.
I took a few pics before we sprayed this nest. I like most critters and leave them where they are when I can, but making a home on the back porch which my parents use all the time wasn’t a good choice!
That is one beautiful nest. Some one somewhere might pay big bucks for it. If you haven’t destroyed it yet you should sell it on E-Bay.
So glad to be rid of the bees thanks to Warren.
At first I thought it was a bag of wool from many sheep/goats.
You are such a lucky guy—I’ve always wanted to have one of their beautiful nests for my weird collection of all things dead/bones/nests/feathers, etc.
Bald-faced hornets are wicked, wicked wasps. I hope you didn’t get stung.