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Tarantula hawk wasp

Pepsis

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2 Species ID Suggestions

B. Podevijn 11 years ago

Spider wasp

Pompilidae (pepsinae?) Spider wasp

bayucca 11 years ago

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis sp. Otavalo - Tarantula Hawk Wasp from Flickr: EOL Images

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3 Comments

Juan Mantilla - MJ Reichenbach 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca and B. Podevijin, in Ecuador we called them caballos del diablo wich means Devils Horse

bayucca 11 years ago

I agree with B. Podevijn, it is a spider wasp and I think it is a tarantula hawk wasp from the genus Pepsis.

Juan Mantilla - MJ Reichenbach 11 years ago

A wasp pulling a paralyzed spider

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Juan Mantilla - MJ Reichenbach

Parroquia La Paz, Provincia del Carchi, Ecuador

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 14, 2012

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