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Mike N.
@mniesphoto.com
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20 days
Thought I finally got a tarantula wasp shot today, but the abdomen was wrong. A biology PhD student friend showed it to some colleagues, who pointed me to the Alcathoe genus on iNaturalist.
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Jen Cross
@jencross.bsky.social
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20 days
Whoa, it’s a moth. That’s some nice mimicry.
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Mike N.
@mniesphoto.com
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20 days
I didn't realize what it was until I got home and pulled my photos into Lightroom. Even its flight path looked convincingly like a tarantula hawk!
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Jen Cross
@jencross.bsky.social
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20 days
I love the long tail. I think it might be part dragon too. 🐉
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Karl Magnacca
@kmagnacca.bsky.social
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20 days
I was looking on my phone, just saw the cylindrical abdomen and thought “oh that’s a Sirex wood wasp.” Probably part of the same mimicry!
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Mike N.
@mniesphoto.com
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20 days
Oh yeah, a very similar look! To paraphrase another comment, it pays to look like the spiciest snack in the country!
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