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Difficult to determine species. Male, nectar feeding on milkweed.
Metalic blue body and legs, red antennas, around 7 cm (3 in.) long.
It was crawling on the ground, maybe searching for a spider?
Esta es una avispa del genero Pepsis, ellas ...
Some kind of wasp with orange wings
Especie de mediano tamaño (aproximadamente 3 cm)en comparación a otras, que ...
± 28 mm wasp, orange antennas, dark blue black body
Tarantula hawks are huge wasp with some species are up to 5 cm long. Black and ...
A large wasp species that hunts down tarantulas to deposit egg into and provide ...
it. See this different species of Pepsis ...
Large wasp, between 2-3 inches long, dark blue/black coloration. Stinger not ...
This wasp was dead on the trail. It was about 3 cm across.
1 1/2 in. long, black with long legs and reddish wings edged in black.
The tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its ...
Large beetle, black with orange or red elytra (wing covers).
Large Tarantula Wasp, 4 cm long. This one is completely black with no metallic ...
A black Tarantula Hawk Wasp about 3 cm long with bright red-orange wings with a ...
Not the greatest shot; this is actually two mating wasps. One wanted to fly & ...
. Adults feed on flowers nectar and are mimic of wasps
Body length roughly 40-45 millimeters. Body black with bright blue iridescence ...
This is a female Tarantula Hawk and you can tell by her curled antennae. ...
two spots in one, the large wasp was dragging the apparently lifeless spider ...
Roughly 35-40 millimeters in body length, matte black in color with no blue ...
If you see this wasp in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, remeber two big ...
About 3 cm body length, dark in colour with a blue metallic sheen depending on ...
I tried not to interrupt this female tarantula wasp as she dragged her spider ...
Male and female Tarantula Hawks vary in subtle ways. Male antenna are straight, ...
Tarantula Hawk wasps are members of the genus Pompilidae - commonly called ...
Decidimos salir a dar una vuelta por entre la vegetación y los pastizales ...
belong to any of the many species in the genera
At up to 2 1/2-inches in length, it is one of the largest of wasps. It is ...