Tarantula Hawk

6 years 2 months ago #565241 by Pitter
This the wasp that parasitizes tarantulas. It's sting is considered the third most painful in the insect world. Fortunately they are quite docile  and not aggressive (unless you're a tarantula).



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6 years 2 months ago - 6 years 2 months ago #565247 by Screamin Scott
Nice capture but as for the sting's potency, I've always heard that the Cow Killer Ant (actually a female wingless wasp) has the worst sting (ergo the name). Regardless, I'd not want to get stung by any wasp, period...

www.insectidentification.org/insect-desc...ification=Cow-Killer

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6 years 2 months ago #565253 by Pitter
This is the wasp that parasitizes tarantulas by paralyzing them and depositing an egg on them in a specially excavated burrow. When the egg hatches it eats the live tarantula little by little. In nature's wisdom the hatchling knows not to eat the vital organs until last as that would kill the spider and it would rot. This wasp's sting is considered the third most painful in the insect world. Fortunately they are quite docile  and not aggressive (unless you're a tarantula).



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6 years 2 months ago #565255 by Pitter
I've read the worst is the Bullet Ant.


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6 years 2 months ago #565256 by Monica Martinez
the details and colors are so on-point. 


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6 years 2 months ago #565286 by G Vernon
Wow!
yes i´ve heard a lot about the painful sting from these wasps..
Another one i don´t wanna get stung by is the Bullet ant which on the Schmidt pain index is 4+ above the Tarantula Hawk :-)


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6 years 2 months ago #565612 by Sara Miles
Nice catch! Well done! 


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6 years 2 months ago #565648 by Bobby Mitchell
Nice details of this shot! I also like the colors. 


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6 years 2 months ago #566141 by effron
Well photographed, Pitter....

Why so serious?
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