With more than 3 dozen species of wasps the tarantula hawks is one of the most common in Arizona. What happens if you get ...

The Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis formosa) is actually a spider wasp that can grow up to 2 1/2 nches long with a 4-inch-wide wing span. This one had a beautiful blackish-blue, metallic body with vivid ...

Tarantula hawks, which are actually a species of wasp, belong to a large and very diverse insect family known as the Pompilidae family. This family is represented by several thousand species that ...

At two-inches-long, the blue-black demon is one of the bigger wasps you'll ever encounter. In 1989, New Mexico named it their state insect. There's a good chance that the sting might send the area ...

Two of these wasps are in a group called mud daubers. Two additional types are known as rusty spider wasps and tarantula hawks. Except for reproduction during spring and fall, these arachnid ...

While the wasp is best known for its excruciating sting — which scores a mind-numbing 4 on the Schmidt Pain Index (right under the agony-inducing bullet ant) — the tarantula hawk also induces ...

Arizona is home to some of the most venomous creatures on the planet. If you want to be precise, know that ...

Tarantula hawks are meant to be in Nevada. According to Knight, they're just one species out of over one thousand of the native wasps and bees that live here. They serve as pollinators to milkweed ...

Tarantula hawks: These are large wasps with metallic blue-black bodies and bright orange wings. They are known for their painful sting and their behavior of hunting tarantulas. Velvet ants ...

Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk. With its striking blue and orange colors, this wasp is a top ...