MOJAVE DESERT PEPSIS TARANTULA HAWK WASPS - MALE & FEMALE - MINOR NATURAL WEAR

Description

HUNTED AND FIELD-COLLECTED BY NET
IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
OF
NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, USA
TARANTULA HAWKS
(Pepsis species, FEMALE & MALE PAIR)
THESE ARE FIELD-COLLECTED SPECIMENS OF BOTH A
FEMALE TARANTULA HAWK & MALE
(Pepsis species)
FROM THE MOJAVE DESERT IN SOUTHERN NEVADA'S NYE COUNTY. UNMOUNTED AND KEPT MOIST WITH ALCOHOL, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN DRIED.
THEIR BODIES ARE FULL AND
HAVE NICE COLORING WITH THE BLUE IRIDESCENCE ON THE BLACK.
THE FEMALE'S
BODY IS AROUND 30+mm LONG, THE MALE A BIT SMALLER. THE FEMALE HAS THE CURVED ANTENNAE.
BOTH ARE IN VERY DECENT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINIMAL NATURAL WING WEAR ALONG THE EDGES. NEITHER IS PERFECT. THE
WINGS GET WORN LIKE THIS FROM FOLIAGE, BATTLES WITH TARANTULAS, EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES, AND MORE.
FEMALE TARANTULA HAWKS WILL
SEARCH THE DESERT FLOOR FOR A TARANTULA. WHEN ONE IS FOUND, SHE WILL ATTACK AND
STING ITS SOFT UNDERBELLY, THUS PARALYZING IT, THEN DRAGS IT BACK TO HER NESTING BURROW WHERE
AN EGG IS ATTACHED TO ITS BODY.
WHEN THE LARVA HATCHES, IT CREATES A HOLE IN THE SPIDER'S ABDOMEN, ENTERS, THEN STARTS TO CONSUME ITS
STILL-LIVING BUT PARALYZED HOST, AVOIDING ITS VITAL ORGANS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
TARANTULA HAWKS ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE BY NATURE TO HUMAN BEINGS, BUT IF UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE STUNG BY ONE, A PERSON WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCE. A FEMALE TARANTULA HAWK HAS WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST PAINFUL STING OF ANY INSECT IN THE U.S., AND SECOND-MOST PAINFUL IN THE
WORLD
.
PLEASE CHECK ALL PICTURES PROVIDED
SOME SHADOWS ARE PRESENT DUE TO THE FLASH
SHIPPING
:
.50, FIRST CLASS PACKAGE RATE
INCLUDES TRACKING INFORMATION
STILL-MOIST SPECIMENS ARE SHIPPED
IN A SEALED PLASTIC
CONTAINER.
I COMBINE INSECT, SPIDER & SCORPION SHIPMENTS AT VERY LITTLE OR NO EXTRA CHARGE
PAYMENT
:
PAYPAL -
PAYMENT IS DUE
WITHIN 3 DAYS AFTER AUCTION ENDS
OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT ARE AVAILABLE
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ASK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,
thebughunter