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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) » Pepsis chrysothemis
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Red bug? Name? - Pepsis chrysothemis - female
Copyright © 2017 Mary Marcho

Red bug? Name? - Pepsis chrysothemis - Female
Gold Canyon, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2017
Size: @ 1.5 inches
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Contributed by Mary Marcho on 31 August, 2017 - 4:20pm
Last updated 2 October, 2017 - 2:13pm

Moved
Moved from Tarantula Hawks.
… Bob Biagi, 2 October, 2017 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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10 flagellomeres = ♀
Please re-crop and replace this image. You can edit and replace any of your shots at any time. Your shots should be cropped, so that the bug fills up most of the frame. Thanks!
This might be a female Pepsis thisbe, but I'm not sure. For this size, that is more likely than several other species. It looks like her wing tips are slightly clear, which would confirm the ID.
… Bob Biagi, 31 August, 2017 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
How about chrysothemis?
I thought thisbe couldn't have such extensive dark margins?
… James Bailey, 1 October, 2017 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
Sometimes the black band is thick and sometimes thicker than those on Pepsis chrysothemis.
Pepsis thisbe: ♀ The clear tips don't seem to show up, as well on this female, above. So, you are most likely correct.
… Bob Biagi, 2 October, 2017 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bob
Yeah, if I saw the clear tip I'd be concerned, but I'm quite sure there isn't one here.
… James Bailey, 2 October, 2017 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Red Bug
I think that is right...I was thrown by how red it was..the image was flattened and elongated when I tried to shrink the image size. I looked a a much better picture and the details do match.
Thank you. Mary
… Mary Marcho, 31 August, 2017 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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