A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae which its body lengths measures up to two inches. Only a few animals, such as roadrunners, eat tarantula hawks. The wasps are "nectivorous," and they have been known to become "flight-challenged" after consuming fermented fruit.
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First, an adult Tarantula Hawk will go hunting for a Tarantula in it's burrow. Once it finds the burrow, it will drag the Tarantula out of it's burrow and inject a paralyzing venom into it. When the Tarantula is paralyzed, it will be taken into burrow made by the wasp and a single egg will be laid on the Tarantula. The wasp will leave. When the egg hatches, the larvae will feed on the living Tarantula. The larvae will eventually enter the inside of the Tarantula, consuming it from the inside out. While it does this, it has to avoid any major organs in the Tarantula so that it's food doesn't die. The Tarantula Hawk will become an adult (after the pupa stage) and leave. That is the cycle for the Tarantula Hawk.
Many animals do not eat the tarantula because it has harmful hairs surrounding its body that can sting the predator, so most animals avoid it!
Tarantula hawk wasps are so called as the female requires a tarantula spider in which to lay her eggs and serve as a host. They do not have many natural predators, although the roadrunner and other such birds will eat them.
No, the Tarantula Hawk is a type of wasp, it gets its name from attacking Tarantulas when they sting them it paralize's the spider.
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many things like the YELLOW SPOTTED LIZARD eats about 5 tarantulas a day
New Mexico's state insect is Tarantula Hawk Wasp.
The Pepsid Wasp is also known as the tarantula hawk wasp due to its habit of hunting and feeding on tarantulas.
Tarantula hawks have very large stingers so few animals are able to eat them. Such as the roadrunner.
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