{"id":912,"date":"2011-01-13T14:26:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T21:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2011-01-13T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T21:26:46","slug":"tarantula-hawk-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Tarantula Hawk Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-914\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/bugs\/tarantula-hawk-photos\/attachment\/tarantula-hawk-top_550x367\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-915\" title=\"Tarantula Hawk Wasp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/01\/Tarantula-Hawk-top_300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Tarantula Hawk Wasp\" title=\"Tarantula Hawk Wasp\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-914\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarantula Hawk Wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/common-arizona-pests\/wasp-hornets-and-yellow-jackets#TarantulaHawk\">Tarantula Hawk<\/a> (a big black wasp) hunting for tarantulas in some rocks in a customers&#8217; garden, but by the time I ran back to the truck for the camera and got back to it, the wasp was gone. But Ed Bustya found a dead one and sent these photos along. It&#8217;s a bit dried up and missing some legs, but it still looks pretty &#8220;buggy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-916\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/bugs\/tarantula-hawk-photos\/attachment\/tarantula-hawk-underside_550x825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-913\" title=\"Tarantula Hawk Underside\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/01\/Tarantula-Hawk-Underside_300x450-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tarantula Hawk Underside\" title=\"Tarantula Hawk Underside\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/01\/Tarantula-Hawk-Underside_300x450-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/01\/Tarantula-Hawk-Underside_300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Underneath a Tarantula Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a Tarantula Hawk (a big black wasp) hunting for tarantulas in some rocks in a customers&#8217; garden. 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