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Delhi Dog
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Good Question...
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and a closer view
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Cheers, Fossil Climber!
Cheers, Fritz!
Note: Carl has since passed away. Jerry's now in jail. Liz just finished off her fourth husband.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Unknown Arizonian insetcs.
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clifff
Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
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The first one looks like a big wasp on the flower of Apache Plume.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2017 - 01:07pm PT
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2017 - 01:17pm PT
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Mouse, I think you took a picture of this. We have a many here in San Diego.
Good thing they aren't as aggressive as regular wasps, we would be in real trouble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk
Hmm, now that I look at more pics online it may not be the one I thought. Perhaps some wasp experts can chime in.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 15, 2017 - 01:44pm PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 21, 2017 - 01:18pm PT
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this guy was one of a bunch of independent operators that fly around
dangling long legs and come to visit but lose interest right away, thankfully.
they seemed to be keying in on any dark fissures and would crash bang into
the general area always sticking the landing but taking a hell of a beating.
my subject had plans to depart the pocket, but at the sight of paparazzi
he aborted and returned to the hanger, positioned himself in the dark with
a view of me leering, so just waited me out ... a act of charming discretion
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 21, 2017 - 05:36pm PT
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Please pardon my ignorance. This was a damsel fly I believe but as far as
the grasshopper was concerned it was a Grim Reaper. This was in the mountains
just north of John Day, OR during the eclipse.
I'm quite sure this is a white butterfly. :-/
edit:
My bug man just emailed me regarding the Grim Reaper:
It is known as the robber fly, aka assassin fly, aka Asilidae. They capture
their prey mid-flight, and inject a cocktail of paralyzing venom and
digestive enzymes, sucking the liquid nutrients out with their long
proboscis. They are important predators of pests such as grasshoppers, with
most species existing in Florida.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 21, 2017 - 07:42pm PT
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it's a bugand a hole
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