In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2006-10-22, sf <sf> wrote:
>
> > Because she prefers tarantulas? In any casem it's a huge wasp.
> > http://www.bugman123.com/Bugs/Photos/TarantulaHawk1.jpg
>
> Holy crappola! Thatsa one bigga bug! 8|
>
> > I've never seen one. It would scare the bejeezus out of me if I did.
>
> I'd be running for cover, too. I suspect the one in your picture is a
> tropical species common to those huge S. American tarantulas. We have
> plenty of tarantulas around here and I've never seen anything remotely
> close to that size.
>
> nb

The ones around here are about 1/2 that size, but they still kill my
beloved spiders....... :-(

Horrible death too. Imagine being paralyzed and eaten alive, slowly, by
a maggot.
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