NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...

What do you get when you combine a killer wasp with a tarantula hunter? You get the tarantula hawk. Now, these insects are not a hybrid of a tarantula and a hawk, they are giant spider wasps known for ...

Hawks are skilled predators with sharp eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons built for grabbing prey. From treetops, ...

They are not typically aggressive toward humans but possess one of the most painful stings in the insect world. Female tarantula hawks paralyze tarantulas with a sting before laying an egg on the ...

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” For a moment I didn’t pay much attention to the large insect buzzing around me. It was one of those gentle spring days and ...