I don't think anyone has ever seen a tarantula kill the wasp,' says Gavin. 'The spiders will usually try to flee or avoid them at all costs.' Adult tarantula hawks get their nutrition from nectar, but ...

Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk ... on nectar and hunting spiders rather than interacting ...

An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp ... was referring to the tarantula hawk, a sparrow-sized wasp that ...

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 ...

When they munch on a cricket or beetle, they inject a cocktail of enzymes and toxins that kills and digests ... wasps—commonly called spider wasps or tarantula hawks—use the spiders as part ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps ...

A pilot with a severe allergy to spiders was bitten ... to either flush out or kill the eight-legged menace, the outlet reported. Investigators believe the tarantula entered the plane via luggage ...

Two of these wasps are in a group called mud daubers. Two additional types are known as rusty spider wasps and tarantula hawks. Except for reproduction during spring and fall, these arachnid ...