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Avid backpacker, photographer w/ international pubs, & displays. Adjunct Bio Prof @ Marist. Master's in Zoo & BS in Adolescent Ed: Biology.
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Sign In to followReally neat spotting!
I'll take a look Juan and try to get some more up by tomorrow. Not sure I have anything better though... this wasp was moving quite frantically and, not knowing what it was at the time, I kept some distance between myself and it considering it was quite large
I love nightjars! Awesome spotting! In the tropics when I've found these, they often fly away before you can get near enough to get a good photo... so kudos on the fantastic capture!
That is pretty fantastic! Great coloration. Congrats on the SOTD!
As Ashley pointed out copperheads and cottonmouths would be the most common mis-id. I was just trying to point out the only groups really life-threatening to a healthy adult are corals and rattlers. I should have been clearer in my wording.
I'll try to get a shot of the one I've seen up today. I'm willing to bet you'll say they are quite similar.
I've seen the exact same wasp/hornet in Costa Rica. I'm not 100% positive on a species, but I believe it could be some sort of tarantula hawk.
Crackers are gorgeous butterflies
Interesting! Was the fire recently put out? I ask because the butterflies probably congregated there to pick up salts (from urine, a common habit).