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Hemipepsis
Velvety black body with reddish orange wings that are darker and less transparent at tip and base.
Habitat yard on Lake Belton.
Adult drinks nectar. Larva feed on tarantula and trapdoor spiders the adult stings and paralyzes, then drags into the nest for the larva to eat.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Aug 22, 2012
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