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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boasting the world’s 2nd most painful sting, the Tarantula Hawk also happens to be the largest species of wasp in North America! These enormous spider wasps are most notorious for their macabre ...

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 ...

The female tarantula hawk buzzes around in search of tarantulas. When she finds one, she quickly applies a powerful sting which paralyzes her prey. She then drags the enormous, incapacitated spider ...

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 ...