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Tarantula Hawk

Hemipepsis ustulata

Photo by LuckyLogan
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Field Notes

Description:

Large wasp at maybe 5 cm. Black body with orange(ish) colored wings. Seemed aggressive and appeared to be guarding this section of railing.

Habitat:

Few hundred feet about the Rio Grande river on the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

Notes:

Pictures were taken with only natural light so reflections are different

Species ID Suggestions

Tarantula Hawk /Pepsid Wasp

Pepsis sp
Paul Davis
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Tarantula hawk (male)

Hemipepsis ustulata

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BugEric
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Comments (2)
BugEric
Lack of any bluish reflections pretty much rules out Pepsis spp.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 13, 2014

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