In Furzey gdns New Forest. A tree appeared to be weeping sap from damage caused by hornets. There were many butterflies but also a few hornets around. Several hornets were buzzing the butterflies but one hornet stayed on the tree trunk. The reason soon became obvious- one pair of it's wings had been chopped off.
Nice, more hornet shots. I just love them. At the end of the season, they prefer the sweet sap of birch trees, compared to the common wasps which go for all things sweet. They are known to gnaw away the outerbark to get to the sap.
As far as i've noticed, they aren't aggresive when they are just feeding. You can get really close to them.
Kees (still hornet-sting free )
andabata wrote:
Nice, more hornet shots. I just love them. At the end of the season, they prefer the sweet sap of birch trees, compared to the common wasps which go for all things sweet. They are known to gnaw away the outerbark to get to the sap.
As far as i've noticed, they aren't aggresive when they are just feeding. You can get really close to them.
Kees (still hornet-sting free )
