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Photo by AndresDuarte
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Field Notes

Description:

Almost dead big wasp found inside an empty house.
3-4cm in size.

Habitat:

Sub tropical mountain forest in Guatemala 1800 msnm

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AndresDuarte
Thank You Ferny, I just uploaded another Tarantula Hawk that had In my pictures when saw your ID. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15667037 a live One, I hadn't seen this color in them, Ill look for the formosa sp.
ferny
Tarantula Hawk Wasp - over 250 species as far as I know. Pepsis formosa is one of the most common species of this wasp in our area of the Southwest U.S.

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Things That Sting in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvedor & Belize
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Guatemala Fauna
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Merendero Puerta Grande
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PublishedOctober 23, 2012

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