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Tarantula hawk on mesquite - Pepsis - female
Copyright © 2009 Eric R. Eaton

Tarantula hawk on mesquite - Pepsis - Female
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 17, 2009
This is a rather faded female Pepsis, which makes ID to species even more problematic....Imaged in early afternoon with a Canon SX10 IS on "auto" using the zoom, then cropping the resulting image.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 18 April, 2009 - 8:50pm

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