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Pepsis sp. - Pepsis - female
Copyright © 2009 Arlo Pelegrin

Pepsis sp. - Pepsis - Female
Southwest Research Station, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
June 20, 2004
Size: 65mm
Contributed by Arlo Pelegrin on 24 February, 2009 - 1:35pm
Last updated 24 February, 2009 - 3:03pm

I have
Begun to think the grossa green glow may be diagnostic. Combined with this form of wing. One of the finest looking insects in North America.
… Herschel Raney, 24 February, 2009 - 3:47pm

Female Pepsis sp.
This is a female "tarantula hawk," quite possibly Pepis grossa in its "xanthic" phase. That species also has populations that have black ("melanic") wings.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 February, 2009 - 2:13pm

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