The tarantula hawk — a large and striking wasp with a metallic, blue-black body and bright orange wings — is known for delivering one of the most excruciating stings in the insect world.

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!

A bizarre video has emerged of a wasp and a tarantula having a deadly wrestling match in Congress, Arizona. The footage, shot by a resident in August, shows a tarantula-hawk wasp attacking a ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are ... in an intense shade of bright orange, a typical danger sign to would-be predators. This is known as an aposematic ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are ... in an intense shade of bright orange, a typical danger sign to would-be predators. This is known as an aposematic ...