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Tarantula Hawk

Pepsis sp

Photo by Marvin Smith
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35.8064, -92.7593

Field Notes

Description:

On Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium).

Notes:

A male. I'd say he is P. menechma, but the experts say identifying a Pepsis species from a photo is "often impossible".

Reference Links:

Tarantula Hawks (Pepsis) - Information on Tarantula Hawks, Genus Pepsis - Tarantula Hawks - BugGuide.Net

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