I live in surprise az we were just watching tv nd I saw a huge shadow on my bck door I looked outside nd there it was it loOks creepy I never seen something like that o_O
Found near San Diego Boarder by: Anonymous
The one i found flew like a dragon fly! It was black and orange! 28 years I have lived here never seen one. Flew by me thought it was a small bat. Crashed and caught it a cup and set it free outside. Thought it was some weird mutation. What a trip!
Found a Tarantula Hawk by: Anonymous
We just found a tarantula hawk in our back yard. We also live in Moreno Valley, CA....we had never seen anything like it.
Just found one in back yard by: Caliman21
I just found one in my back yard in Moreno valley, ca. I saw it flying, it looked dangerous so I swiped at it with a fly swatter and killed it. Then at a closer look, it looked just like a huge black wasp. I still have it in a plastic sandwich bag outside. Awesome!!!
marvelous pic by: bennie
love the pic of this TARANTULA HAWK WASP makes life easier when you can see the little critters .. just marvelous pic ..
bennie
Tarantula Hawk wasp by: Moni
Kimberly
Your photo is of a tarantula hawk wasp. They are in the spider wasp family...hence the long legs. :-)
They are large wasps and are found in southwestern US...on one species is found in the eastern US.
They live in open areas especially near the desert.
The adults feed on nectar ...they really like milkweed flowers. The female wasp stings tarantulas...which paralyzes them and then puts it in a burrow with an egg. The larvae then feed on the 'fresh' spider.
These wasps are said to have a powerful sting but are not aggressive...you have to agitate it for it to sting.
