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⚠️ For those who are particularly squeamish, you may want to keep swiping. ⚠️ Tarantula hawks are out in full force in the Southwest, including this female at Big Bend National Park. These wasps are famous for their potent sting, one of the most painful insect stings in the world. Thankfully, they will not sting humans unless provoked. Tarantula hawks have a remarkable interaction with tarantulas, hence their name. A female wasp stings and paralyzes a tarantula, then transports the tarantula bac
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While adult tarantula hawks (Pepsis thisbe) are nectarivores, they get their name because adult females hunt tarantulas as food for their larvae. An adult female will paralyze a tarantula with its stinger then lay eggs in the spider's abdomen. Once the egg hatches, the larvae will feed on the still living spider for several weeks, avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive until the larvae pupates into an adult wasp. Take a "Minute Out In It" to be grateful these wasps aren't the size of rea
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