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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Pepsini) » Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Pepsis) » Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis mildei)
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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis mildei - female
Copyright © 2011 Bob Wilkin

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis mildei - Female
Tubac, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 10, 2011
Size: 2 inches
I know that this is a Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis, do the red antennae shed any more light on the species? After looking through all the species, I think this is a Pepsis mildei. If anyone disagrees, let me know and I will move it back to Pepsis. I think the black terminal band on the wing and the reddish antennae look like the other photos in this species.
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Contributed by Bob Wilkin on 11 September, 2011 - 1:56am
Last updated 7 November, 2015 - 11:07pm

siting at cabrillo high school at the soccer field
There was a male or female tarantula hawk just flying through the grass making unaware stops. Unknown creature.
… cabrilloasbstudent, 21 May, 2016 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Ant photobomber is [i]Formica
Ant photobomber is Formica gnava.
… James C. Trager, 17 August, 2015 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tarantula Hawks.
… Bob Wilkin, 11 September, 2011 - 2:10am login or register to post comments

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