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Pepsis sp.
Tarantula hawks are huge wasp with some species are up to 5 cm long. Black and blue body with rust colored wings. They prey on tarantulas which they paralyze before dragging it to a brood nest as living food. Short video of it feeding: https://youtu.be/nxmA31VpYGQ
Spotted at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas.
Spotted on Oct 9, 2019
Submitted on Oct 22, 2019
3 Comments
nice metallic look to the abdomen(:
Thank you Jae.
Awesome spotting, Brian38!