here we see a tarantula hawk gaining nutrition from some flowers
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Description
A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas.
Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis.
They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it into a brood nest as living food;
a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living host.
They are found on all continents other than Europe and Antarctica.
here we see a tarantula hawk draging her victim to her nest for parasitation.
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this is the stinger of the tarantula hawk
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the normal auditory reaction a homo sapien makes when it is stung by a tarantula hawk
