Hemipepsis ustulata

Male! - Please unlink the female(s)!

Kay, I think that you confused the scientists, by adding(linking) those two images of the female(s). Please unlink them from this wasp, which looks like a male wasp to me. Thanks
Also, the other images do not have sighting dates. If you filmed them(her) on the same day as this wasp then you can use this date, but if it was the next day...seven years ago, wow.
Well, if you can't remember, then just use this date or the next day if that is more likely. Good Luck!

… Bob Biagi, 10 September, 2015 - 12:24pm

Hemipepsis ustulata

Thanks Bob. I've unlinked the images, adjusted the gender for the male and changed the date on the females ... in Bugguide and in my photo files and home website. Right now the females are not showing up in the BG Images; they should be linked to each other. ??? ... Kay

… Kay Loughman, 10 September, 2015 - 2:08pm

Spider Wasp?!?

Perhaps Pepsis thisbe. Must get a better photo.

… Kay Loughman, 21 July, 2008 - 1:27pm

Pepsis or Hemipepsis

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… Nick Fensler, 21 July, 2008 - 7:16am

Not a Cryptocheilus?

The size seems a tad small for either of the tarantula hawk genera....

… Eric R. Eaton, 21 July, 2008 - 5:05pm

Probably

Oops, I didn't note the size the first time:) However, the shape on first impression reminded me more of either of those two genera and size in the field is easily misjudged. It could also be one of the orange-winged Entypus as well (some E. u. californicus are exceptionally small). In any case it'll probably go identified, if it doesn't go into frass.

… Nick Fensler, 23 July, 2008 - 11:51am

Beetle? Wasp?

Am hoping to go out today and find another to photograph. I expect this one to be frassed - it just doesn't show enough to help anybody!

… Kay Loughman, 23 July, 2008 - 12:00pm

Oh, it's a spider wasp...

in the subfamily Pepsinae, probably either Cryptocheilus or Entypus. It seems to be male, so if it is actually bigger than 1 inch it could possibly be a Pepsis or Hemipepsis but that is highly unlikely. If you had a shot of the wings that showed venation we could narrow it down a little. If it is narrowed down to Entypus or Cryptocheilus it is highly unlikely that we'll be able to separate the two from only a photo. Just as a note, it is not Entypus unifasciatus californicus, that species has orange antennae.

… Nick Fensler, 23 July, 2008 - 1:57pm

Spider Wasp

Okay, thanks Nick.

… Kay Loughman, 23 July, 2008 - 2:12pm

Hemipepsis ustulata, female.

That would be my diagnosis now, with the added images and the change in the size. No bluish reflections pretty much rules out Pepsis. Let's see if Nick agrees.

… Eric R. Eaton, 23 July, 2008 - 8:33pm

Hemipepsis ustulata, female

Thanks, Eric ... for the identification, and for your willingness to keep at it!

… Kay Loughman, 24 July, 2008 - 8:51am

I agree...

I identified it to genus only at first, but range and the black antennae make it H. ustulata.

… Nick Fensler, 24 July, 2008 - 4:54am

Hemipepsis ustulata, female

Thanks, Nick ... for the confirming identification, and for your willingness to keep at it!

… Kay Loughman, 24 July, 2008 - 8:50am

A wasp

Try Pompilidae.

… Michael C. Thomas, 20 July, 2008 - 10:49pm