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While male hemipepsis can be quite small, I've seen females that rival pepsis in terms of size.

Something about the color of the wings, the early date and the fact the body appears more black than blue-ish makes me suspect that it's hemipepsis instead of pepsis. So yes a T-hawk, probably the species Hemipepsis Ustulata.

It might be because of the high altitude (8,000 feet) but I haven't seen any yet. Still somewhat cool here but it's warming up.

New to the area, first spring in the southwest. Does anybody here have intel on when tarantula hawks emerge?

All 3 wasps died somewhere along the weekend (September 26-28) while I wasn't home, not entirely sure if it was old age or having no sugar water, didn't seem like they were interested in the pollen / honey mixture in there.

Nothing especially interesting to report, just that the remaining three are all alive and well save fo r the condition of their wings. I've been feeding them sugar water for the past 17 days, since it seems like their appetite for a pollen-rich honey mixture is limited (maybe they can't digest...

One died because it had a head injury that didn't allow it to eat, but the rest are still kicking and very active, I've officially had them for a month (30 days) although they very well may be older than that, since I didn't catch them as they were hatching out. Their wings are all chewed up...

Nah, just found the males being territorial around a bush that was blooming. They'd probably be hard / impossible to breed in captivity, and if you're in an are where there's a lot of them, it doesn't seem like taking a couple to be your pets hurts the local population too much. Wikipedia...

He was perfectly fine, I was worried for a second since he stayed stone still on his back for like 5 minutes, but I poked him and he ran off like nothing happened. If you want a tip to find the males, just look around any flower that attracts wasps, you'll find one if you're lucky.

Just a light sugar syrup mixture, and weekly I give them raw honey with crushed bee pollen mixed in for protein in hopes of adding longevity.

Hey guys, new to the forum. Keeping these guys since the 11th, they seem to have a decent lifespan. They're all males, so no risk of getting stung, and they seem more content to hang out in the cage than females who have a "mission". They're very cool looking insects as well. Anybody else...

Velvet ants are pretty neat little pets, I have two that I've had for about a month, both males though. They aren't cool in the same way that tarantulas are, since they don't hunt live prey, but they're entertaining in their own right. For some reason the two I still have fight a lot. Here's...