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Purple Wasp with Golden Antenae - Pepsis menechma
Copyright © 2006 John Hartgerink

Purple Wasp with Golden Antenae - Pepsis menechma
Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 28, 2006
I have been chasing these guys all summer, but haven't been able to get one to pose for a picture.
I stumbled across this picture I took last summer.
Maybe I can at least find out the name.
The purple and gold colors are popular with LSU fans.
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 11 September, 2007 - 6:21am
Last updated 11 September, 2007 - 3:06pm

Possibly Pepsis menechma, I'm
Possibly Pepsis menechma, I'm not confident of the genus though.
… George Waldren, 11 September, 2007 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Correct.
A male specimen. The very thick antennae rules out Entypus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 September, 2007 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

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