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Pepsis Tarantula Hawk? - Pepsis
Copyright © 2008 Donald Erickson

Pepsis Tarantula Hawk? - Pepsis
Fountain, Colorado, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
August 20, 2008
Size: large - abt 1"
This one is large - about 1" not counting antennae. Also, colorful. After looking through your guide, I think this is genus Pepsis (Tarantula Hawks)?

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Contributed by Donald Erickson on 20 August, 2008 - 3:49pm
Last updated 6 November, 2008 - 3:29pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps. Not all Pepsis specimens are huge. I've seen adult males about this size.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 November, 2008 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

check Pepsis/Hemipepsis crowd
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… v belov, 5 October, 2008 - 4:24am login or register to post comments

Moving -
to Hymenoptera for now... I believe you may be correct, but I'm not an expert. Hopefully one of our wasp experts will see it there.
… Ken Schneider, 11 September, 2008 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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