Tarantula hawk (pepsis formosa)

in Insects Of The World3 years ago (edited)

Hi, insects lovers..
A few days ago I did a search for several types of insects so that I could display them in my posts in this community, in the search I did I found something unique, and I rarely find it.

The insect that I found was black in color, after I observed this insect was a type of bee, if I'm not mistaken the bee that preys on the tarantula or what is often called the tarantula hawk.

A tarantula is a spider that has a large body and has a lot of hair on its body, but in our discussion this time it is not about spiders but predators of spiders or tarantulas.

Tarantula hawks are very different in appearance from wasps in general, tarantulas have a dark black color and a larger body than other types of wasps, usually they hunt tarantulas as a food source.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insect
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrite
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Nation: Pepsini

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Regards

@hive-nolimit

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Tarantula hawks had a nasty reputation in Southern California where I grew up (undeserved, in my opinion). I knew someone who claimed to have been attacked and stung repeatedly by one, yet I rarely saw them myself, and never had any close encounters.
Thanks for sharing this awesome post!

Happy to share with each other.