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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk.

Justin Schmidt is an entomologist, and has accordingly been stung by a lot of bugs. So he invented something called the Schmidt sting pain index (named after some guy called Schmidt, apparently), ...

Bright colors in the animal kingdom usually mean danger. And the bright colors of the tarantula hawk definitely mean danger, not only because of the powerful sting that it possesses, but danger to its ...

It’s that time of year again, when Tucsonans can see dozens of two-inched metallic midnight-blue or burnt-sienna creatures scampering under our mesquite trees in a methed-out manner, as if perpetually ...

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.

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 ...

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for ...

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 ...

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 ...