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Pepsis mildei - male
Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Pepsis mildei - Male
Rocky Peak Park, Santa Susana Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
July 28, 2005
Several of these large insects were patrolling the hillsides; this one on Asclepias fascicularis (Narrow-leaved Milkweed).
For species identification I used the information given by Walter Ebeling (UCR) on http://www.insects.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebel9-2.html#tarantula%20hawks
Gender information from Hogue (Insects of the Los Angeles Basin. 1993)

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 12 December, 2005 - 12:33pm
Last updated 11 August, 2006 - 3:58pm

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