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Photo#142941
Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis menechma - female

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis menechma - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 24, 2007
Size: 22 mm
Ventral view of left rear leg illustrating a character of Spider Wasps, family Pompilidae (1):
-tibiae of rear legs have two prominent spines at apex (distal end, next to tarsi)

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