If you've never heard of the tarantula hawk before, you probably want to keep it that way. For those unfamiliar, the tarantula hawk is a wasp that - no joke - actively hunts tarantulas. Tarantula ...

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-notch ...

I was sitting on my deck here in Saratoga recently and noticed a beautiful, albeit very large, bug walking near me. I wasn’t sure what it was, but after doing a little research, O am certainly glad ...

Watching fights between creatures in the wild can be an interesting insight into how they attack opponents and defend themselves. It says a lot about their evolution and how they have developed into ...

One of the most painful stings one can experience comes from New Mexico’s state insects, the Tarantula hawk.It looks like a regular wasp, but it’s anything but normal.They’re about the size of a ...

The wasp that kills tarantulas and lives all over Arizona...I'll take a large NOPE with that. Have a fear of spiders, creepy crawlers or basically anything that is scarier in the bug world than ...

PHOENIX — The wasp that kills tarantulas and lives all over Arizona...I'll take a large NOPE with that. Have a fear of spiders, creepy crawlers or basically anything that is scarier in the bug world ...

The scariest wasp on the planet is called the "Tarantula Hawk"– a name that sounds more like a super-villain than an insect. The nasty little bug gets its name from its food of choice, tarantulas.

WARNING: if you have a phobia of insects or arachnids, close this window, the Rangers lost 12-1 and that's all you need to know. Okay, you've been warned. Have you ever heard of a Tarantula Hawk?

In a dramatic bid to reproduce, a tarantula hawk wasp must attack an arachnid several times her size. One Arizona family witnessed and filmed this duel between species, which ended in a gruesome ...