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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) » Elegant Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis menechma)
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Elegant Tarantula-hawk Wasp - Pepsis menechma
Copyright © 2019 aubrey wiggins

Elegant Tarantula-hawk Wasp - Pepsis menechma
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
August 2, 2019

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Contributed by aubrey wiggins on 9 August, 2019 - 11:16am
Last updated 28 October, 2022 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 24 August, 2020 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

Pepsis ? Tarantula Hawk??
Pepsis ? Tarantula Hawk??
… aubrey wiggins, 28 June, 2020 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Zuparko, 18 September, 2019 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

This very active wasp was dif
This very active wasp was difficult to photograph. I've seen them for many years in the summer making lazy "S" curves across the yard about 12-18" above the grass. On a few occasions I've seen one on the ground, searching through the grass for prey. The orange antennae are distinctive and seem to curl and uncurl as they feed on mint blossoms.
… aubrey wiggins, 9 August, 2019 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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