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  2. Wasp - Wikipedia

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    The largest social wasp is the Asian giant hornet, at up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length. [11] The various tarantula hawk wasps are of a similar size [12] and can overpower a spider many times its own weight, and move it to its burrow, with a sting that is excruciatingly painful to humans. [13]

  3. Spider wasp - Wikipedia

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    The female wasp may then engage in spreading soil or other changes to the area, leaving the nest site inconspicuous. One species of spider wasp protects its nests by putting dead ants into the outermost chamber, where the ants' chemicals deter predators. [16] [17] Wasp dragging a spider to its nest

  4. Tarantula hawk - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Entypus unifasciatus - Wikipedia

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    Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.

  6. Tarantula - Wikipedia

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    The wasp must deliver a sting to the underside of the spider's cephalothorax, exploiting the thin membrane between the basal leg segments. This paralyzes the spider, and the wasp then drags it back into its burrow before depositing an egg on the prey's abdomen. The wasp then seals the spider in its burrow and flies off to search for more hosts.

  7. A spider’s worst nightmare: If you fear spiders, these wasps ...

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    A rusty spider wasp drags a tarantula spider toward a nesting site in the Iowa Park area. ... It is reputed to be one of the most painful types of insect stings but is not deadly unless the person ...

  8. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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    The winged insects fall into the order Hymenoptera, which includes bees and ants. Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary ...

  9. Parasitoid wasp - Wikipedia

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    Some attack arthropods other than insects: for instance, the Pompilidae specialise in catching spiders: these are quick and dangerous prey, often as large as the wasp itself, but the spider wasp is quicker, swiftly stinging her prey to immobilise it. Adult female wasps of most species oviposit into their hosts' bodies or eggs.