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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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Wasp - Pepsis mildei - male
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Wasp - Pepsis mildei - Male
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 25, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 November, 2007 - 10:20pm
Last updated 12 November, 2018 - 7:55pm

Male
The flagellum is long, straight and very thick. So, this is most likely a male.
… Bob Biagi, 29 January, 2016 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Tom Bentley, 28 November, 2007 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Genus...Pepsis...
"Tarantula hawk"...spider wasp that lays an egg on a tarantula after it paralyzes and buries it.
… michael marchiano, 27 November, 2007 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
P. mildei.
Orange tips on the antennae are fairly diagnostic. Now watch Nick Fensler disagree:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 November, 2007 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

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