Hawaiian Insects

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Vespula nest Kukuiopae 0856

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August 5, 2009. South Kona Forest Reserve, Kukuiopae section, 2300'. An enormous Vespula nest, built along the side of, into, and under a big ohia tree just below where the road enters the lava flow.