Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Tarantula Hawk

During our trip to the desert a couple weekends ago, we stopped to take some photos along a sandy wash. I stumbled upon this scene—a tarantula hawk very busily going from blossom to blossom on this desert milkweed. These are one of the few insects to which I have an absolute aversion (and after reading about their powerful stings, that seems wise), but since this one was so obviously engrossed in his feeding, I got up close and watched. I have to admit, they're beautiful. Those veined rust-orange wings. That irridescent blue! And check out the curled antennae.



To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
~ Bertrand Russell

4 comments:

  1. Great Photo! it does have interesting colors

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  2. Just beautiful. A friend just posted one of these, but no comparison to your shots. Fantastic.

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  3. That is a great photo, Leslie.
    Good job.

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