Did67 wrote:
We are 100% in agreement.
And for hornets, except when you approach their nests. Who can be a bale of hay which decomposes, a wall with hollows, ... They are territorial and a big beast which is agitated near their nest, they attack. My wife, who is a known allergic (blood test) can not help but be agitated ...
Me, I approach in small steps and stop myself strictly, mouth closed of course, when they attack. They must take me for a rock ???
Ah yes, and when you are allergic to the hairdresser, like me, they can get caught in the hair.
And the halogen spotlights also make them crazy.
The polists are friendly. You work on the brink of the nest and they go about their business (ventilating, looking for water, looking for good food) ...
Reminds me when I lived near Lambesc we had a nest in the wall 2m from the kitchen door.
We left it because ... they never muffled.
Except in the fall, the light frightened them and they came to hit the window.
In the Luberon different behavior.
There must have been a nest I don't know where but in the evening pffff the light made them do anything
As you say the best halogen parade from which you have removed the protection: they go for it and cry out direct.
Here no worries there are some but they are weird: they hunt at 1m from the ground.
The other day too bad I didn't have the phone to film, there was one who stung the prey of an argiope IN his canvas.
He struggled because the prey was held by the wire, but he still managed to do it: staggering.
And during this time the argiope was discreet ...