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Crabro latipes so cool... <br />
&quot;The male&#039;s front tibiae are greatly expanded into shields. He covers the female&#039;s eyes with those things during mating. The plates don&#039;t blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own species.&quot; Comment by Eric Eaton. Crabro latipes,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Crabro latipes

so cool...
"The male's front tibiae are greatly expanded into shields. He covers the female's eyes with those things during mating. The plates don't blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own species." Comment by Eric Eaton.

    comments (5)

  1. What kind of body parts are that near the front legs? Posted 3 years ago
    1. They are part of the front legs - apparently they are used in mating (added to the description above) Posted 3 years ago
      1. Nice little snippet, thanks for adding it. I would speculate that the additional benefit of shielding the females' eyes is that other males can't be spotted hehe. Posted 3 years ago
  2. That's really awesome! Posted 3 years ago
  3. Quite amazing Posted 3 years ago

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''Crabro latipes'' is a species of square-headed wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jun 23, 2022. Captured Jun 20, 2022 14:26 in PM29+WF Seattle, WA, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/10.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 80mm