Tarantula Hawk Wasp Pepsis species PERU
Tarantula Hawk Wasp
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Description
Taxonomy Identification: Family Hymenoptera, sub-family Pepsis first named by Fabricius in 1793
Colour: Wings are coloured a semi-transparent caramel brown. The head, thorax and legs are black, while the eyes are mostly black turning to silver in the largest specimens.
Size: Body length 30-45mm, Wingspan 60-90mm
Comments & Applications: These amazing wasps pack one of the most painful stings of any insect. Tarantula hawks belong to one of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis. They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyse their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living prey.
Always a favourite with collectors and sought after by the art and craft industry, photography, framing, interior design, film, entertainment and educational purposes
Format: Supplied Unmounted, papered, requires relaxing and setting. Wings folded.
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