John and I went out the other day, and when we came back, there was this 'alien thing' just above our garage door :shock:
When we inspected it, we discovered it was a nest, full of big, black buzzing 'things!!! There was a dead one on the ground, so we had a good look and then looked it up on the internet. Turns out, we have a nest of Bald-faced hornets attached to our garage.
Now, I don't know how quickly they can build these nests, but we are in and out the garage at least twice a day, and have never noticed it before. Anyways, we found out that they are only aggressive if their nest is disturbed. I may be crazy, but I haven't got a death wish, so no way would we disturb it. As they aren't bothering anyone (and I've stood under the nest for ages watching them) we are just going to leave it there. Apparently, most will die in the first frost, and only the Queens will survive and go and hibernate somewhere., so we will 'Live and Let Live'
Anyhoo, some pictures
The position, just above our garage door
Close - ups
Bald-faced hornet
Jan
When we inspected it, we discovered it was a nest, full of big, black buzzing 'things!!! There was a dead one on the ground, so we had a good look and then looked it up on the internet. Turns out, we have a nest of Bald-faced hornets attached to our garage.
Now, I don't know how quickly they can build these nests, but we are in and out the garage at least twice a day, and have never noticed it before. Anyways, we found out that they are only aggressive if their nest is disturbed. I may be crazy, but I haven't got a death wish, so no way would we disturb it. As they aren't bothering anyone (and I've stood under the nest for ages watching them) we are just going to leave it there. Apparently, most will die in the first frost, and only the Queens will survive and go and hibernate somewhere., so we will 'Live and Let Live'
Anyhoo, some pictures
The position, just above our garage door
Close - ups
Bald-faced hornet
Jan