Archive for the ‘wasp’ Tag

A Wasp We Call “Hawk”   2 comments

Toranchula Hawk — Images by kenne (Click on any of the thumbnail images to see gallery.)

Big blue-black body 

With brilliant rust-colored wings

A wasp we call “hawk.”
(Toranchula Hawk)

kenne

(Regular visitors to this site will note that this is not the first time I have shared images of this beautiful insect. These images were taken yesterday along the Aspen Loop on Mt. Lemmon.)

Posted June 23, 2012 by kenneturner in Information, Nature, Photography, Poetry

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Capturing The Moment — Tarantula Hawk   2 comments

Tarantula Hawk — Image by kenne

This blue-black body wasp with bright rust-colored wings was spotted today atop a giant saguaro cactus on the Brown Mountain Trail, but no sign of tarantula’s. Not sure what he was doing way up there.

kenne

Posted March 26, 2012 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Nature, Photography

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