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Just saw our first tarantula hawk of the season, I know they just ignore us but damn if that things is not scary looking. Here's a picture of a nest that we found last year. The wasp paralized the tarantula and takes it back into the tarantula's nest, deposited it's eggs on the tarantula and then the wasp larvae eat the tarantula turn into a wasp and fly away...

#grownostr #bugs #southwestliving #creepy
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Ancient Rock Garden 2y ago

😳 Glad to live in the cold white north.

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Dark Sky Homestead and Herbs 2y ago

See we're a good compromise, we only see them half the year vs the rest of Arizona that has them year round and we don't get below 0 during the winter and minimal snow. And still close enough to Phoenix to get fresh citrus in January. Win-win!