Bill Id hope you checked in. I didnt know whether to contact you or Tim to give the members a heads up. The Fairgds on Mt Morris rd. Take the western side entrance and its accross from the horse stalls (east side of the entrance road). Although they were flying on the stall side too.
The second is in the back of Richfield park near the river. In the old turn around. I havent driven around the park and looked for others. I reported this to the Ranger station and rode and showed them where they were. We actually sat over the area. Neither Ranger had ever seen them before. Now there are a lot of horse riders and hikers there at the FG and the Warrior dash is tomorrow and Sunday. I hope they post the area because as you know, the area at the FG is a wide open parking zone. I know others poke around these area detecting and bottle scratching too.
These arent any dink sized hornets. I cant really confirm the exact ID but they are striped and very large. I know I saw some easily over 2 inches in size crawling in the sand. The smaller ones were 1-1/2 inches. If you know of any others in the bottle club that frequent the areas (even recreationally) let them know. Im sure there must be more of them in the area. That soil looks to be conducive to their nesting.
The second is in the back of Richfield park near the river. In the old turn around. I havent driven around the park and looked for others. I reported this to the Ranger station and rode and showed them where they were. We actually sat over the area. Neither Ranger had ever seen them before. Now there are a lot of horse riders and hikers there at the FG and the Warrior dash is tomorrow and Sunday. I hope they post the area because as you know, the area at the FG is a wide open parking zone. I know others poke around these area detecting and bottle scratching too.
These arent any dink sized hornets. I cant really confirm the exact ID but they are striped and very large. I know I saw some easily over 2 inches in size crawling in the sand. The smaller ones were 1-1/2 inches. If you know of any others in the bottle club that frequent the areas (even recreationally) let them know. Im sure there must be more of them in the area. That soil looks to be conducive to their nesting.