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?         Females of this large wasp species provision their young with a paralyzed tarantula.

?         Males defend hilltop territories for breeding sites. 

?         Adults of both sexes feed on nectar and pollen from plants like creosotebush and desert milkweed.

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis hymenoptera or Pepsis pompilidae)