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Big tarantula hawk mimic beetle, side view - Stenelytrana gigas
Copyright © 2007 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Big tarantula hawk mimic beetle, side view - Stenelytrana gigas
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
April 22, 2006
This beast cruised into "Josh's Diner", the bait station outside my office window. I took it for a Tarantula Hawk at first, then got suspicious and looked through binoculars, then went outside and took photos. Thanks to UT-Austin dragonfly guru John Abbott for identifying it for me, after I posted a verbal description on the TX-Ento listserv.

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 13 September, 2007 - 7:05pm

Neat! Interesting creature.
Certainly looks like Pepsis. Wish we had these beetles here.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 September, 2007 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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