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Tarantula Hawk

Pepsini

Description:

A Wasp carrying a very big spider on my backyard. The Spider looks like a small tarantula.

Habitat:

I seet it often around flowers, at the Guatemalan Woods.

Notes:

Exact behaviour photos can be found on the wikipedia link

1 Species ID Suggestions

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago
Tarantula Hawk
Subfamily: Pepsinae Tarantula hawk


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5 Comments

AndresDuarte
AndresDuarte 11 years ago

Yes, same person, Live login doesnt work on iPhone so I had to login using facebook and theres no option to asociate the two accounts

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Andres3, you and AndresDuarte are the same person ?

AndresDuarte
AndresDuarte 11 years ago

If I had known then what was happening I would have stayed longer to watch. But before Project Noah I hadn't a clue.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Great spotting. Welcome to Project Noah. I would like to watch this battle.

Andres3
Andres3 11 years ago

Im trying to id both but this spotting is for the hornet

Andres3
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Andres3

Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Aug 17, 2012

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