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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis thisbe

Description:

Largest vespid in North America

Habitat:

Open chaparral

Notes:

The female was three times the male's size. All blasting about milkweed.

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1 Comment

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 10 years ago

Yowza! I'd love to see one of these!

Liam OBrien
Spotted by
Liam OBrien

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 1, 2013
Submitted on Jul 4, 2013

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