Butterfly-predacious Hornets

[Michael Gochfeld]

James Adams response to Yellow Jackets is very similar to mine.  I learned at a young 
age that they have a painful sting.  They are aggressive when you are very close to 
the nest (big surprise).  On the other hand they are very inoffensive when visit you 
at your sandwich.  They will sting if you bite them, or if you drink them in (after 
they have fallen into your beverage). Perhaps there is an "atavistic" recognition that 
this is a creature to avoid (or kill).  Perhaps it gives credence to a mechanism for 
Mullerian mimicry.  
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Name: Michael Gochfeld
E-mail: Michael Gochfeld <gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu>
UMDNJ/RWJMS and EOHSI, Piscataway, NJ
Date: 08/04/98
Time: 13:13:19