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05-AUG-2011

Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis mildei)

Oak Canyon Trail, Mission Trails view map

A predatory wasp where the female wasps looks for a large tarantula spider, which it stings thus paralyzing the spider. This allows the spider to stay alive while serving as a feast for hatching larval wasps. The wasps are feeding on Milkweed.


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