The wasp expert was referring to the tarantula hawk, a sparrow-sized wasp that resides in the American Southwest and is known for paralyzing its arachnid namesake with its sting. It then lays eggs ...

Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk. With its striking blue and orange colors, this wasp is a top ...

Few creatures deliver a sting quite like the tarantula hawk wasp – known as one of the most excruciatingly painful stings in the natural world. In this episode, we dive into the biology and behavior ...

Joining the bullet ant at four is a critter that lives right here in the southwestern US: the tarantula hawk. It’s actually a kind of solitary wasp with a sting whose resulting pain only lasts ...

One of the most painful stings one can experience comes from New Mexico’s state insects, the Tarantula hawk.It looks like a regular wasp, but it’s anything but normal.They’re about the size ...

The Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis formosa) is actually a spider wasp that can grow up to 2 1/2 nches long with a 4-inch-wide wing span. This one had a beautiful blackish-blue, metallic body with vivid ...

Take the tarantula hawk, for example. In case you've never heard of it, it's a wasp that's so big, and so nasty, that it attacks tarantulas — who happen to be quite big and nasty themselves.

One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest spider run away in terror: the tarantula hawk. Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, uncovers the eccentricities of this small but sinister ...

In recent videos, Andrew W. Legan, Ph.D., a biologist on the social media platform TikTok, showcased the effects of tarantula hawk wasp venom on a tarantula. “On June 13th, I collected a ...

Is there a [expletive] entomologist here?” Don't worry, Teigen. Experts say it was likely not a tarantula hawk, which hunt tarantulas, sting and paralyze them, and then drag them back to ...

WEBVTT THOSE STAIRS. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL STINGS YOU COULD EVER EXPERIENCE. AND IT COMES FROM OUR OFFICIAL STATE INSECT. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER BYRON MORTON FINDS OUT WHAT NOT TO DO ...