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 ...

shows a tarantula-hawk wasp attacking a tarantula by flipping it on its back and stinging it so it becomes paralyzed. The wasp can then be seen dragging the spider into the bushes to, according to ...

Although the tarantula can easily kill Pepsis, one species permits the wasp to sting it and lay an egg in its body By Alexander Petrunkevitch Join Our Community of Science Lovers!

This is a dedicated mother who tackles massive spiders to provide food for her young.

"A female wasp stings and paralyzes tarantulas, then lays an egg on it," Big Bend National Park wrote about the brutal attack. "The larva consumes the paralyzed, still-living tarantula.

Jaime was shocked to see this tarantula hawk wasp dragging its prey across his kitchen floor. He rushed to get his camera. By the time he returned, the giant wasp was hoisting the spider up the side ...

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 ...