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English: Tarantula Hawk
Photographer
English: NPS
Title
English: Tarantula Hawk
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

brightly winged tarantula hawk insect sips nectar from a mesquite bloom

The tarantula hawk is a wasp that hunts the tarantula spider when it is egg laying time. Females are hesitant to sting people, but the sting is said to be extraordinarily painful to humans. The insect sips nectar, it seeks out the tarantula when it is time to lay eggs inside the live spider. When the eggs hatch the young have their first meal right at hand.

  • Keywords: tarantula hawk; wasp; sonoran desert; insect
Depicted place
English: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Date Taken on 17 April 2016
Accession number
9e69d163-1dd8-b71b-0bad-ada284647266
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
CAGR
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English: Insects

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