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Spider wasp

Pepsis

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Description:

This appears to be related to the orange spider wasp http://www.oocities.org/brisbane_wasps/O... It does also look like a lycid beetle and is possibly a mimic.

Notes:

Possibly Calopompilus pyrrhomelas http://bugguide.net/node/view/354967/bgi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_h...

1 Species ID Suggestions

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AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago
Pepsis Wasp
Pompilidae Pepsinae Tarantula hawk


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5 Comments

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MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Yes Alice the other possible genus is Hemipepsis but I do think we're pretty close. I will do some more research shortly.

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

Yeah they're always a difficult one to ID. Hopefully that ID is correct :)

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MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks Alice.
I had not expected a spider wasp but it certainly seems to fit best.

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

How about this? Pompilidae Pepsinae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_h...

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

It might be from the Pompilidae family but i'll keep looking

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MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 28, 2013
Submitted on Feb 28, 2013

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