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I photographed one at a local park here in Southern Cal. Hoping you could help me identify them.
Thanks
Rus
Hi Rus,
You have outdone yourself with this Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis species photograph. The orange antennae are not something we are used to seeing. Curved antennae signify a female who has a powerful stinger. She uses it to paralyze tarantulas, the food for the larval wasps.
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