Tuesday, November 10, 2009


This month I am starting the photos with a fairly extraordinary discovery Abner and I came across on one of the Westover trails at Biltmore. This was the biggest wasp or hornet nest I have ever seen. We encountered it lying on the ground next to the trail we were following. I hesitated to get too close because I didn't know if anyone was still in residence. It appeared to have fallen from one of the nearby trees and from the looks of things, pretty recently. Since there isn't much to give it scale, all I can tell you is that it was probably close to 14 inches in diameter. One big muthah.
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