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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis - Pepsis
Copyright © 2008 Liz Bullock

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis - Pepsis
Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
July 23, 2008
Size: 2 1/2 inches
On a desert willow tree.
Contributed by Liz Bullock on 29 May, 2009 - 11:37pm
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 4:27pm

tarantula hawk
To me that looks like a tarantula hawk spider wasp, maybe a Pepsis species.
… Andrew Williams, 30 May, 2009 - 11:12am

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