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 to 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.
A tarantulahawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas. Tarantulahawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis...
south to northern South America. It preys on tarantula spiders, giving rise to the name tarantulahawk for the wasps in the genus Pepsis and the related...
known as Texas brown tarantula, Oklahoma brown tarantula, or Missouri tarantula, is one of the most common species of tarantula living in the Southern...
revised versions of the index added Synoeca septentrionalis, along with tarantulahawks as the only species to share this ranking. Descriptions of the most...
as Milde's tarantula-hawk wasp, is a species of predatory spider wasp native to the Western Hemisphere. These wasps capture live tarantulas to feed to...
Pepsis thisbe, also known as Thisbe's tarantula-hawk wasp, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. Females are 32-44 mm long with a dark...
giant hornet, at up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length. The various tarantulahawk wasps are of a similar size and can overpower a spider many times its...
Hemipepsis ustulata is a species of tarantulahawk wasp native to the Southwestern United States. Tarantulahawks are a large, conspicuous family of long-legged...
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. As of December 2023[update], 1,100 species have been identified...
Pepsis menechma, the elegant tarantulahawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae, widely distributed in North America and Central America...
Pompilidae. Species within this genus are also called tarantulahawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus Hemipepsis...
best the spider fights fiercely to escape. Tarantulahawks (Pepsini) do not attack when adult tarantulas are close to or in their burrows. Instead, the...
featured harvester ants before moving on to fire ants, the velvet ant, the tarantulahawk, and then the bullet ant, which has the most painful sting on the sting...
ranking in his index and also includes the bullet ant and a species of tarantulahawk in the genus Pepsis. A research team in Brazil has discovered that Synoeca...
spider"). Their most dangerous predator is the tarantulahawk. Locally, it is known as a matacacata ("tarantula-killer"). This is a very large parasitoid wasp...
"Insects Bite and Sting for Good Reasons " David B. Williams DesertUSA "TarantulaHawks" Starr, C.K. (1985). "A simple pain scale for field comparison of Hymenopteran...
that preys upon rattlesnakes; it is also the only real predator of tarantulahawk wasps. The roadrunner usually lives alone or in pairs. Breeding pairs...
the family Pompilidae. These wasps are also called tarantulahawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus Hemipepsis...
(Paraponera clavata), the warrior wasp (Synoeca septentrionalis), and the tarantulahawk (genus Pepsis). Many species within this genus exhibit Müllerian mimicry...
wasp that affect the web-building behavior of spiders to its own ends Tarantulahawk Behavior-altering parasite or parasitoid Francesca Gould (3 September...
up to 2.53 cm (1.00 in). The largest wasp is probably the so-called tarantulahawk species Pepsis pulszkyi of South America, at up to 6.8 cm (2.7 in) long...
Attractiveness of a Set of Landmark Territorial Sites to Two Generations of Male TarantulaHawk Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Animal Behaviour. 31: 74–80. doi:10...
afrotropical pepsid spider wasp, one of the so-called tarantulahawks because its preferred prey are tarantulas of the family Theraphosidae. This wasp has been...
any wasp (and of any hymenopteran) probably belongs to the so-called tarantulahawk species Pepsis heros, measuring up to 12.2 cm (4.8 in) in wingspan,...
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