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Tarantula Hawk-left wing - Pepsis menechma - female
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Tarantula Hawk-left wing - Pepsis menechma - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 24, 2007
Size: 22 mm
Dorsal view of left wings. I put a flash under a white plastic diffuser behind the wing in order to show the venation, and I believe it worked quite well.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 August, 2007 - 5:42pm

OK...
so that leaves no doubt of its identity!
… Nick Fensler, 15 August, 2007 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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