Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of specimens of various curious animals, "California Curiosities," found in southern California, particularly the dry desert-like areas. Pictured are the tarantula hawk (Pempilus Tasmasus), the horned toad (Chrynesema), the scorpion (Arachnidae Scorpia), the tarantula (Mygalo Konja), and the trap-door spider (Cleniza Californica). Tarantulas prey on rattlesnakes and the little tarantula hawk preys on the tarantula.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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