http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/04/spider-wasp-from-peru/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/04/spider-wasp-from-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-35009 bugman Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:19:45 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=22076#comment-35009 Thanks so much for helping to clear up this identification. Thanks so much for helping to clear up this identification.

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/04/spider-wasp-from-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-34941 pepsis Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:20:29 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=22076#comment-34941 This wasp is Pepsis aurozonata, one of several very handsome members of the sumptuosa group, known for having the body adorned with iridescent gold or bronze tomentum. With 133 known species in the genus Pepsis, a great deal of variation and even mimicry is present between groups. This wasp is Pepsis aurozonata, one of several very handsome members of the sumptuosa group, known for having the body adorned with iridescent gold or bronze tomentum. With 133 known species in the genus Pepsis, a great deal of variation and even mimicry is present between groups.

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