Hornet's Nest, Orosi Valley

DrFumblefinger 3/29/215:00 AM

While traveling south of San Jose in Costa Rica, we stopped at a nice lakeside spot for lunch. After lunch we wandered around the landscaped grounds and as we headed to our van, noticed this palm tree with the typical oropendola bird nests hanging down from the tips of the fronds.

03 Orosi Valley lunch spot (30)

Looking more closely at the tree we noticed a slight irregularity on the left side of the trunk. Zooming on this with our cameras we saw that it was a hornet's nest. The hornets were quite active and we were warned that they had a bad temper and a painful bite. So we decided it was best just to study them at a distance.

An impressive piece of camouflage.

03 Orosi Valley lunch spot (29)

Attachments

Hide

Images (3)

Add Comment

Comments (0)

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>

Skip to main content

Attachments

Add Comment

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Please wait...