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Blue-black winged wasp - Pepsis grossa - female
Copyright © 2015 Carla Kishinami

Blue-black winged wasp - Pepsis grossa - Female
Tucson (NW part of town), Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 18, 2015
Size: 40-45 mm
My cousin's house has been inundated with this and another wasp (smaller, with amber wings)for a couple of weeks now, and she wants to know what they are. Am submitting several photos including one of both types of wasp.

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Blue-black winged wasp - Pepsis grossa - female Blue-black winged wasp - Pepsis grossa - female Blue-black winged wasp - Pepsis grossa - female Blue-black winged wasp foreleg femur - Pepsis grossa - female
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Contributed by Carla Kishinami on 19 September, 2015 - 6:57pm
Last updated 21 September, 2015 - 10:02pm

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Moved from Tarantula Hawks.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 September, 2015 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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… Aaron Schusteff, 21 September, 2015 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

She is big!
Carla, this looks like a female Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis mexicana:
♀ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 19 September, 2015 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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