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Black Tarantula Hawk at blacklight - Pepsis - male
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Black Tarantula Hawk at blacklight - Pepsis - Male
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 23, 2009
Size: 39 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 25 June, 2009 - 9:23pm
Last updated 7 November, 2023 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Mexican Tarantula-hawk Wasp.

Re-evaluation is necessary. 39 mm is almost twice the maximum size that male P. mexicana reach. If my eyes are being reliable, I'm only counting 10 flagellomeres, which for a male would indicate P. grossa.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 November, 2023 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree!
… margarethe brummermann, 7 November, 2023 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tarantula Hawks.
… margarethe brummermann, 22 December, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Pepsis.
Nice:-) This should be a male Pepsis mexicana, though he is terribly disoriented if he is showing up at a blacklight....
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 June, 2009 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

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