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Pepsis or Cryptocheilus

Pepsis or Cryptocheilus
Warm Springs Natural Area, near Moapa, Clark County, Nevada, USA
June 11, 2019

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Pepsis or Cryptocheilus Pepsis or Cryptocheilus

More likely neither
The fact that the prey isn't a tarantula fairly well excludes any of the Pepsis in our area. The wing venation isn't very clear, but what's visible also eliminates Pepsis by definition. Note as well the lack of any blue reflections on the body. Cryptocheilus with orange or yellow wings usually have much more extensive black margins to the wings. I would again be looking more toward Entypus, but a genus determination generally requires a clearer view of wing venation to be positive.

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