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Elizabeth Rhett Woods

Friday, September 10, 2010

Bald-faced hornets

I’ve become fascinated with bald-faced hornets—big black-and-white hornets which look fearsome but are not aggressive unless their nest is threatened. I put out a feeder for them to keep them away from my hummingbird feeders as the hornets drive the hummingbirds away, even though the hummers are much larger. This is a sterile worker female in flight.
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