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Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps

Ceropalinae · Notocyphinae · Pepsinae · Pompilinae

Subfamily Ceropalinae
Spider Wasp? - Ceropales elegans Wasp - Ceropales elegans Ceropales ?? - Ceropales bipunctata Pompilid hunting on the ground - Ceropales maculata Ceropales maculata - male Unknown wasp - Pompilidae? - Ceropales bipunctata Spider Wasp? - Ceropales nigripes - male black and white wasp with orange legs - Ceropales

Subfamily Notocyphinae
Black and red wasp - Notocyphus dorsalis Wasp fell in poster paint? - Notocyphus dorsalis Notocyphus dorsalis Notocyphus dorsalis arizonicus, female - Notocyphus dorsalis - female Spider Wasp - Notocyphus dorsalis Wasp - Notocyphus dorsalis A distinctive looking wasp - Notocyphus dorsalis Notocyphus dorsalis on narrowleaf milkweed - Notocyphus dorsalis

Subfamily Pepsinae
Wasp - Priocnemis wasp - Auplopus Pepsine wasp from southern Chiricahua Mnts - Entypus aratus - female red legged wasp - Auplopus mellipes Wasp - Auplopus - female Ichneumonid or Braconid Wasp - Ageniella accepta - female Pepsis thisbe ? shown for size with Apis mellifera - Pepsis - female Mud tubes by wasp or bee?

Subfamily Pompilinae
Wasp - Sericopompilus neotropicalis - female On Eupatorium - Episyron biguttatus - female Unknown Orange Wasp - Tachypompilus unicolor - female Crabonidae? - female Episyron sp.? - Anoplius nigritus Tachypompilus? - Tachypompilus unicolor - male Banded Wing Spider Wasp - Dorsal - Psorthaspis legata Any idea what happened to its wings? - Tachypompilus ferrugineus


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