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Tarantula Hawk

Pepsis thisbe

Description:

Giant blue-green wasp with bright orange wings. The antennae are curled out. This wasp was nearly one inch long making it the largest Tarantula Hawk I've seen so far.

Habitat:

Coast Sage Scrub during a wildlife transect survey at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve

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San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 27, 2014
Submitted on Apr 27, 2014

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