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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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Tarantula Hawk Wasp, Pepsis sp., with paralyzed tarantula. - Pepsis mildei - female
Copyright © 2008 cwmelton

Tarantula Hawk Wasp, Pepsis sp., with paralyzed tarantula. - Pepsis mildei - Female
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 9, 2008
Can the species of Pepsis be determined from the image? Taken in southeastern Arizona. Habitat was transition from desert grassland to oak woodland at elevation of 4800 feet.

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp, Pepsis sp., with paralyzed tarantula. - Pepsis mildei - female Tarantula Hawk Wasp, Pepsis sp., with paralyzed tarantula. - Pepsis mildei - female
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Contributed by cwmelton on 10 July, 2008 - 8:38am
Last updated 10 August, 2008 - 9:44pm

Not often
But I think I see some orange on the antenna of this female.
… Herschel Raney, 10 July, 2008 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Orange Antennae
The antennae were definitely orange. I have added another image to show this more clearly.

Thanks.
… cwmelton, 10 July, 2008 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Pepsis mildei.
Only species I'm aware of (in the Pepsis genus) that has those orange antennae is P. mildei. One of the species that has largely eluded me over the years. I think it is found only at higher elevations than where I habitually collect....Do wait for comment from Nick Fensler to confirm or refute. Great images, nice find! Usually, P. mildei in Arizona has only the very tips of the antennae orange.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
mildei...
was the first species I thought of when I saw the image.
… Nick Fensler, 11 July, 2008 - 4:42am login or register to post comments

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