tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in ...

The tarantula ... sting that delivers venom, often causing swelling and allergic reactions in sensitive individuals. Unlike many other paper wasps, this species frequently builds nests close to ...

Although the tarantula can easily kill Pepsis, one species permits the wasp to sting it and lay an egg in its body About the odd relationship between the tarantula and the giant wasp Pepsis.

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 ...

If you saw a tarantula hawk, you'd probably run ... and what it's like being a human test bed for these stings. His new book, "Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild World ...

Number 16, a female trapdoor spider, outlived all known spiders, surpassing the previous record-holder, a 28-year-old tarantula. Despite her longevity, Number 16 couldn’t escape nature’s cycle ...