It is a predatory insect. In simple terms, when it is ready to lay its eggs, it actively hunts tarantulas. Once found, it paralyses the spider with a venomous bite. The immobilised spider is dragged to an underground burrow, and an egg is laid on it. When the grub hatches, it eats the (still living) spider, before pupating into an adult.
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The "tarantula hawk" is any of several species of very large wasps in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis, so-named because they prey on large tarantula Spiders by laying their eggs inside the spider's body, parasitically.
It is the state insect of New Mexico.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
There are quite a few videos of this on YouTube, and a few documentaries.
Do you mean tarantula, a big spider One tarantula killer is the tarantula hawk wasp. It actively hunts, and paralyses with their sting, for their larvae to feed on whilst they are still alive.
The Tarantula Hawk Wasp.
Tarantula Hawk Wasp