Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...
Tarantulas in Texas are currently on the move in search of mates, but a wasp species in the Lone Star State is ready and waiting to ruin the fun. Known as the tarantula wasp, the giant insects ...
A bizarre video has emerged of a wasp and a tarantula having a deadly wrestling match in Congress, Arizona. The footage, shot by a resident in August, shows a tarantula-hawk wasp attacking a ...
About the odd relationship between the tarantula and the giant wasp Pepsis. Although the tarantula can easily kill Pepsis, one species permits the wasp to sting it and lay an egg in its body ...
This is a dedicated mother who tackles massive spiders to provide food for her young.
Not all wasps are social. Some prefer a solitary life and build simpler nests to rear their young. There are 200 species in the UK that make this type of nest. Tarantula hawks are wasps with what is ...
About the odd relationship between the tarantula and the giant wasp Pepsis. Although the tarantula can easily kill Pepsis, one species permits the wasp to sting it and lay an egg in its body ...
He is known for creating the Schmidt pain scale index, which goes from a one (like a sweat bee) to a four (the level of a tarantula hawk wasp). The yellow jackets that were likely the first stings ...