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Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Pepsis sp.
36.0302, -113.827
Field Notes
Description:
A black Tarantula Hawk Wasp about 3 cm long with bright red-orange wings with a metallic sheen. The antennae were black, as opposed to another black one seen in Chiapas, Mexico with yellow antennae (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2059706002/fullscreen). It was deeply engrossed in feeding on small flower inflorescences. Family Pompilidae. The plant it was on is California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum). See spotting (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1644744784/fullscreen).
Habitat:
This plant was growing right on the rim of the Grand Canyon at Sunset (last picture), West Rim near the Sky Walk, Arizona.
Reference Links:
Spider wasp
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 22, 2016
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