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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis menechma - female
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis menechma - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 24, 2007
Size: 22 mm
Lateral view of thorax illustrating characters of Spider Wasps, family Pompilidae (1):
a-lateral lobe of pronotum almost reaches tegula
b-prominent suture on thorax above attachment of middle leg (mesopleuron)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 4 September, 2007 - 12:56pm
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 7:50pm

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