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My take on a Tarantula Wasp female.

vgabndo - 1-9-2007 at 10:28 PM



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David K - 1-9-2007 at 10:46 PM

Tarantula Hawks are cool! They can buzz around your Baja campsite and they are not at all interested in stinging you.

Here is a couple close ups of one at Nuevo Mazatlan last August... sorry they aren't real clear!

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David K - 1-9-2007 at 10:47 PM

same one...

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Frank - 1-9-2007 at 11:32 PM

Maybe I should shave my back, I must look like a big tarantula:biggrin:

FARASHA - 1-9-2007 at 11:48 PM

vgabndo - great perspective, did you place the bug on your lens? :o

vgabndo - 1-10-2007 at 12:27 PM

She was defunct, and I placed her on her back, lit her with a single tiny L E D, and shot the much larger image on MACRO at high resolution, then cropped and cropped and cropped.

The flat shape of her head shows in the shadow, a benefit I hadn't expected.