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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)
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Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis _____? - Pepsis - female
Copyright © 2012 SloMoHolic

Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis _____? - Pepsis - Female
South of Austin, Hays County, Texas, USA
August 26, 2010
Size: 1.5 to 1.75 inches
Obviously, this is a tarantula hawk (genera Pepsis). I'd like some help identifying the species (formosa?). Here are several still images taken from video. The video is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRNVizAdB70 . I noticed this wasp has a black body with blue iridescence. Wings are brown or copper with black edges. Antennae are all black. Only mature females hunt. Filmed from 8 to 10 PM, August 26, 2010. Thanks for your help!

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Contributed by SloMoHolic on 26 April, 2012 - 11:26pm
Last updated 7 June, 2012 - 8:01pm

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