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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Pepsini) » Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Pepsis) » Pepsis pallidolimbata
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# 125 - Pepsis pallidolimbata - female
Copyright © 2015 Patricia Edmonds

# 125 - Pepsis pallidolimbata - Female
Sandy Valley, Clark County, Nevada, USA
September 30, 2015
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Contributed by Patricia Edmonds on 7 October, 2015 - 4:19pm
Last updated 8 October, 2015 - 7:50pm

Moved
Moved from Pepsini.

Yup, Bob got it right...the rounded apex of the marginal cell takes this to genus Pepsis, and very shallow angle at which the marginal cell meets the costal margin takes it to the "Pepsis rubra-group" in Vardy(1). From there the hyaline wing tips and total lack of a darkened submarginal band takes this unequivocally to P. pallidolimbata (in Vardy(1) and/or Hurd(2)).
… Aaron Schusteff, 8 October, 2015 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 7 October, 2015 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Female!
This looks like a female Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis pallidolimbata.
Here is one from your state:
♀ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 7 October, 2015 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Tarantula Hawk
One tough photograph to capture. Stiff winds and a very fast moving, constantly in motion insect!
Thanks Bob.
… Patricia Edmonds, 7 October, 2015 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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