A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

The tarantula hawk's sting is considered the second most painful by the Schmidt sting pain index; it usually lasts about 5 minutes ...

Oftentimes, they only bite or sting as a defense to help them get away. With something like the tarantula hawk, it was pretty intense. It was like an electrical shock into my arm. It actually put ...

These stings can cause swelling ... The arm that got stung became inflamed and the pain lasted around 6 hours. The tarantula hawk wasp is an interesting species of wasp. There are 133 species ...

The tarantula hawk — a large and striking wasp with a metallic, blue-black body and bright orange wings — is known for delivering one of the most excruciating stings in the insect world.

The footage, shot by a resident in August, shows a tarantula-hawk wasp attacking a tarantula by flipping it on its back and stinging it so it becomes paralyzed. The wasp can then be seen dragging ...