Tarantula Hawk ( Pepsis thisbe ) - on Milkweed photo - Dennis Ancinec photos at pbase.com

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06-JUL-2009

Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis thisbe) - on Milkweed

Laguna Meadows Trail, Laguna Mountains 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.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
1/250s f/22.0 at 100.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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