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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) » Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis thisbe)
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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis thisbe - male
Copyright © 2014 john hibbard

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis thisbe - Male
Palm Canyon Trail, Agua Caliente Reservation near Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
May 3, 2014
Size: 5 cm wingspan

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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis thisbe - male Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis thisbe - male
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Contributed by john hibbard on 6 May, 2014 - 11:11pm
Last updated 17 October, 2015 - 7:52pm

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Moved from Pepsini.
… Aaron Schusteff, 17 October, 2015 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Pepsis thisbe
Using my browser to zoom-in on the full-size version of this image, I could see the apically-rounded marginal cell of fore-wing, and also that the 2nd recurrent vein does not reach beyond the proximal 1/4 of the 2nd submarginal cell. Those characters indicate this is in the genus Pepsis.

Moreover, the hypaline wing-tips and narrowly darkened submarginal band indicates species P. thisbe, one of the relatively common species of Pepsis in southern California.

The relatively straight and thickened antennae indicate a male.
… Aaron Schusteff, 17 October, 2015 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 8 May, 2014 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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