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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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Curated specimen from CAS collection - Pepsis mildei - male
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

Curated specimen from CAS collection - Pepsis mildei - Male
Mines Road, Diablo Range, Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 27, 1974
From the California Academy of Sciences collection. Taken on Asclepias. Determination by C. R. Vardy.

In California, the orange antennae together with the dark-tipped, orange wings are diagnostic for P. mildei according to Hurd(1)(1948,1952).

Also of diagnostic value are the "hair brushes" present (only) in males...shown in the last 3 photos of this series.

(Note: The left wing tip here is somewhat anomalous in not having the dark infuscation continue to the wing margin.)

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 17 November, 2015 - 8:52pm
Last updated 12 July, 2023 - 4:49pm

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