Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Jacey and Ken Discover a Large Desert Wasp

Jacey and I hiked part way up a large rock behind the RV park at Page, Arizona.

As we stepped onto one of the flat areas there was a large wasp running back and forth.  It was running so fast it was really hard to point the camera quickly enough to take a photograph.  Sometimes it stepped out of the frame just as I took the picture, but I did get these pictures which were enough to allow me to identify it as a Tarantula Hawk Wasp.  This wasp is almost 2" long, but it looked a lot larger to us as it ran back and forth.
(Click to enlarge -- if you dare!)


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