‘Heaving’ wasp nest an unwelcome find in hut

August 2022

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David Middleditch with the wasp nest he removed from Rockslide Hut. Photo: Megan Dimozantos
A couple of hunters got a little more than they bargained for at Rockslide Hut in Ruahine Forest Park. “A half-metre round, heaving mass above one of the bunk beds” is how Backcountry Trust’s Megan Dimozantos described the German wasp nest reported by the hunters. It was the largest wasp nest she had seen but not […]

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