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Tarantula Hawk

by AndrewWaglePhoenix, Arizona, USA

3 14 Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by TavoSan Luis Potosí, Mexico

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Tarantula Hawk

by Marvin SmithArkansas, USA

On Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium).

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Tarantual Hawk

by hannawackerArizona, USA

Difficult to determine species. Male, nectar feeding on milkweed.

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Tarantula Hawk

by asergioGovernador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Metalic blue body and legs, red antennas, around 7 cm (3 in.) long.

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Tarantula hawk

by João BuriniPiedade, São Paulo, Brazil

Atlantic rainforest

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Tarantula hawk

by João BuriniPiedade, SP, Brazil

Atlantic rainforest

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Spotting

by Max BrodieRiverside, California, USA

Species of tarantula hawk (Pepsis

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by JoshuaGSmithArizona, USA

It was crawling on the ground, maybe searching for a spider?

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Pepsis infectada por un hongo

by Jonathan SequeiraPuntarenas, Costa Rica

Esta es una avispa del genero Pepsis, ellas ...

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Tarantula Hawk

by Gloster BirderStann Creek, Belize

2" long blue wasp with curly orange antennae

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Tarantula Hawk (wasp)

by JonathanSequeiraAlajuela, Costa Rica

This wasp just hunted a grasshoper.

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by MikeGragedaSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Some kind of wasp with orange wings

0 0 Avispa caza arañas

Avispa caza arañas

by Jonathan SequeiraPuntarenas, Costa Rica

Especie de mediano tamaño (aproximadamente 3 cm)en comparación a otras, que ...

2 2 Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 28 mm wasp, orange antennas, dark blue black body

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Tarantula hawk

by Brian38Texas, USA

Tarantula hawks are huge wasp with some species are up to 5 cm long. Black and ...

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Tarantula Hawk

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

A large wasp species that hunts down tarantulas to deposit egg into and provide ...

10 8 Giant Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Giant Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

it. See this different species of Pepsis ...

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Tarantula Hawk

by RSRTexas, USA

Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis

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Tarantula hawk wasp

by narwhal83Cave Creek, Arizona, USA

Large wasp, between 2-3 inches long, dark blue/black coloration. Stinger not ...

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Tarantula Hawk

by CindyBinghamKeiserPoway, California, USA

This wasp was dead on the trail. It was about 3 cm across.

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Tarantula Hawk

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

1 1/2 in. long, black with long legs and reddish wings edged in black.

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Tarantula hawk

by Jonathan SequeiraPuntarenas, Costa Rica

The tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its ...

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Longhorned beetle

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Large beetle, black with orange or red elytra (wing covers).

2 2 Tarantula Wasp

Tarantula Wasp

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

Large Tarantula Wasp, 4 cm long. This one is completely black with no metallic ...

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by LaurenZarateArizona, USA

A black Tarantula Hawk Wasp about 3 cm long with bright red-orange wings with a ...

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by CammieAmber, Oklahoma, USA

Not the greatest shot; this is actually two mating wasps. One wanted to fly & ...

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Largest fly in the world

by AndréAlvesRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

. Adults feed on flowers nectar and are mimic of wasps

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Tarantula hawk (male)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Body length roughly 40-45 millimeters. Body black with bright blue iridescence ...

2 0 Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

. See this different species of Pepsis (all ...

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Tarantula Hawk (female)

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

This is a female Tarantula Hawk and you can tell by her curled antennae. ...

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Spider Wasp

by dandoucetteBogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

two spots in one, the large wasp was dragging the apparently lifeless spider ...

1 0 Tarantula hawk (male)

Tarantula hawk (male)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Roughly 35-40 millimeters in body length, matte black in color with no blue ...

0 0 Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

by Marta RubioTexeiraPuntarenas, Costa Rica

If you see this wasp in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, remeber two big ...

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Tarantula Hawk

by Felix FleckCuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

About 3 cm body length, dark in colour with a blue metallic sheen depending on ...

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Tarantula hawk

by CynthiaMHoriBountiful, Utah, USA

I tried not to interrupt this female tarantula wasp as she dragged her spider ...

1 1 Tarantula Hawk

Tarantula Hawk

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

Male and female Tarantula Hawks vary in subtle ways. Male antenna are straight, ...

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Tarantula hawk wasp

by KarenLTennessee, USA

Tarantula Hawk wasps are members of the genus Pompilidae - commonly called ...

2 5 Avispa Cazatarántulas

Avispa Cazatarántulas

by Braulio Alejandro Rivas TapiaEl Quisco, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Decidimos salir a dar una vuelta por entre la vegetación y los pastizales ...

1 1 Tarantula hawk

Tarantula hawk

by pamsaiSiem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

belong to any of the many species in the genera

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Tarantula Hawk

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

At up to 2 1/2-inches in length, it is one of the largest of wasps. It is ...

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