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Pepsis sp.
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/205...). 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/164...).
This plant was growing right on the rim of the Grand Canyon at Sunset (last picture), West Rim near the Sky Walk, Arizona.
Spotted on Jun 8, 2016
Submitted on Jul 22, 2016
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