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Arizona Spider Wasp
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Picketpost Mountain, Pinal County, AZ, 24 Sept. 2017. (nectar/pollen source Burrobush: Isocoma tenuisecta)
Picketpost Mountain, Pinal County, AZ, 24 Sept. 2017. (nectar/pollen source Burrobush: Isocoma tenuisecta)
© Arizona Naturalist
butterscotch for head and thorax
butterscotch for head and thorax
© Hobby Lobby
antennae, abdomen and legs
antennae, abdomen and legs
© Craftsy
© Elisa Valoroso
photos above © knittothebone
unless otherwise noted
Finished
July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023

Arizona Spider Wasp

Project info
Bee by Elisa Valoroso
Crochet
Softies → Animal
grandson birthday
Hooks & yarn
3.0 mm
18 yards
Cloudborn Fibers Merino Alpaca Sport
80 yards in stash
0.1 skeins = 13.7 yards (12.5 meters), 5 grams
25-008 Black
19-0
Black
Craftsy
December 29, 2016
Yarn Bee Sweet Minis
100 yards in stash
0.05 skeins = 5.0 yards (4.6 meters), 2 grams
Butterscotch Amber
67823
Multicolored
Hobby Lobby in Arizona
June 20, 2022
Notes

This is a very good design for bees and wasps.

The spider wasp paralyzes tarantulas and trap door spiders, among other things, lays an egg on its prey. The larva feeds on the spider until it is an adult.

Part of a set of bugs to accompany a trap door spider and it’s burrow.

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Finished
July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023
About this pattern
Bee
by Elisa Valoroso
from Melarossa Creazioni Website
5 projects, in 15 queues
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Merino Alpaca Sport
by Cloudborn Fibers
Sport
80% Merino, 20% Alpaca
137 yards / 50 grams

705 projects

stashed 1142 times

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Sweet Minis
by Yarn Bee
DK
100% Acrylic
100 yards / 40 grams

307 projects

stashed 527 times

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  • Project created: May 18, 2023
  • Updated: July 10, 2023
  • Progress updates: 3 updates