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Spider wasp

Pepsis

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

This appears to be related to the orange spider wasp
http://www.oocities.org/brisbane_wasps/OrangeSpiderWasp.htm
It does also look like a lycid beetle and is possibly a mimic.

Species ID Suggestions

Pepsis Wasp

Pompilidae Pepsinae

Comments (5)

Yes Alice the other possible genus is Hemipepsis but I do think we're pretty close. I will do some more research shortly.
Yeah they're always a difficult one to ID. Hopefully that ID is correct :)
Thanks Alice. I had not expected a spider wasp but it certainly seems to fit best.
How about this? Pompilidae Pepsinae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk
It might be from the Pompilidae family but i'll keep looking
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2013

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