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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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Spider wasp (spider hawk) - Pepsis mildei - male
Copyright © 2017 Melody Lytle

Spider wasp (spider hawk) - Pepsis mildei - Male
near Mission, North American Butterfly Center gardens, HIdalgo County, Texas, USA
October 8, 2017
Size: larger than 24 mm
No photos on bugguide have a somewhat curved antenna with an orange tip. Thank you in advance for your assistance. I believe this the stinger is absent; indicating this to be a female.
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Contributed by Melody Lytle on 14 October, 2017 - 11:02am
Last updated 14 October, 2017 - 12:58pm

Moved
Moved from Pepsini.

7 abdominal segments = ♂
We can see that he has a "hair brush" on his fifth sternite. (males only) The brush on the fourth sternite is obscured by the right side, hind femur.
Here is a better view of this feature: ♂ Also, the males of this species may have antennae with the flagellum colored in varying amounts of orange and black.
… Bob Biagi, 14 October, 2017 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks mucho!
Thanks mucho!
… Melody Lytle, 14 October, 2017 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 October, 2017 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
Spider wasp from south TX
I take it that no genus and species can be determined from this photo? Would it be helpful to provide another shot with other visible characters?
Melody Lytle
… Melody Lytle, 14 October, 2017 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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