Yikes!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21742)
Canada
September 25, 2019 8:49am CST
Yesterday Hubby and I were driving through Petrified Forest National Park.
I heard something fly into the van window just behind my head. I felt something (wings perhaps?) brush against my back.
Asking my husband to look before I leaned back, he saw nothing.
A moment or two later it suddenly flew from the back of the van onto the dashboard immediately in front of me!
&@#%. What is that!
It was two inches (5 cm) long! Hubbies reaction was similar.
Neither of us is given to using expletives....but this was almost enough to have my husband drive off the road and me to want to cower.
We successfully shooed it out of the window.
Windows were closed....air conditioner turned on.
No, I didn't take a picture....found this on line....
A Pepsis Wasp, aka a tarantula hawk!
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
I was initially worried that it was between me and the van seat. That was before I actually saw it.
The only reassurance in seeing it? It wasn't behind me any longer.
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@rebelann (113950)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Sep 19
Scary looking creature. I'm glad it didn't attack you.
@rebelann (113950)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Sep 19
Socorro is only about 300 miles north of EP @Morleyhunt So which way are you headed, east or west? I'll bet you're really close to crazyhorseladycx.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
It was truly a scary moment.
We are actually 'close' to El Paso at the moment.
Not to far from Socorro, NM.
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@maximax8 (31043)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
@Morleyhunt I am sure you were. I stayed at a backpackers hostel in Australia and a lady woke up with a cockroach on her pillow. She was very upset and scared.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
I was very relieved when I had successfully shooed it out of the window.
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@shaggin (74180)
• United States
27 Sep 19
Yikes that would have scared me flying in my van too but wow what gorgeous colors!
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
4 Oct 19
It was a beautiful colour, but that was the last thing I was thinking about at the time.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
25 Sep 19
most unpleasant creatures! so glad neither 'f ya got stung by such, 'tis quite painful. we've got 'em 'round here 'n i cringe when i see 'em.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
I'd never seen anything like this. Hubby so calling in the OMG bug.
That's a phrase neither of us use....but it sure applied to this situation.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
26 Sep 19
@Morleyhunt they're sure scary lookin'! jest so glad neither 'f ya got to feel 'ts sting. that'd been awful. jest change such to 'omgsh bug' 'n all'd be well, lol.
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@JudyEv (353314)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 19
Goodness, that's one big insect! I might have said something shocking too!
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
It was enormous. There was no seeing it.
Hubby had the nerve to ask me why I hadn't taken a photo.
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@JudyEv (353314)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Sep 19
@Morleyhunt Taking a photo would have been the last thing on my mind!
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@BelleStarr (61410)
• United States
25 Sep 19
Yikes that is a scary looking thing and I would have used an expletive as well.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
My heart was palpitating for several minutes after we had shooed it from our van.
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@Hannihar (130204)
• Israel
4 Oct 19
@Morleyhunt
I am glad you got rid of it and closed the doors so it cannot get in again and annoy you. I wouldn't want to take a picture of it either. I would just want it out of my life and away from me.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
26 Sep 19
It could easily have caused an accident. I shudder to think about what could have happened.
