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If you’ve never heard of the tarantula hawk before, you probably want to keep it that way. For those unfamiliar, the tarantula hawk is a wasp that – no joke – actively hunts tarantulas.

Eventually, the larva spins a cocoon and pupates, hatching into an adult that emerges from its burrow. Adult tarantula hawk females live about 5 months or more and males only about 2.

Tarantula hawk wasps are the largest stinging insects ... meaning that they use live spiders as food for their larvae. Venoms produced by the roughly 5,000 species of spider wasps worldwide ...

Who needs a horror movie when you’ve got tarantula hawks? These wasps paralyze tarantulas so the still-living spider can serve as a food source for their larvae. Read on — if you dare ...

By keeping the spiders alive it allows time for their larvae to hatch from eggs and have fresh provisions for their journey to becoming the next generation of flying spider nightmare. There are a few ...

A tarantula hawk wasp drags prey up the side of a house in this photo taken Oct. 6, 2017. Image courtesy of Mary Hightower FAYETTEVILLE — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a tarantula hawk wasp!

I was not exaggerating when I said this insect was HUGE! The tarantula hawk grows an average size of 2 inches. The wasp gets its name because it uses hunts and uses tarantulas to lay its larvae in. As ...

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If you see a tarantula hawk wasp, Gustafson says to enjoy observing ... Despite the dramatic scene, this behavior ensures the wasp’s larvae have food and protection. “What you definitely ...