Mr Murray-Obodynski said that two weeks before the wasp sting his wife had been riding when she received another sting which had swollen 'to the size of a fried egg'. They had thought it was a ...

The tarantula hawk is a wasp with a potent sting that it uses as a chilling survival tactic. This insect targets large tarantulas, delivering a sting that paralyzes but does not kill. It then drags ...

The tarantula hawk is a wasp with a potent sting that it uses as a chilling survival tactic. This insect targets large tarantulas, delivering a sting that paralyzes but does not kill. It then drags ...

Do not swat at bees as they may sting in defense. If a bee flies nearby, try to move slowly and calmly away. Call a local pest control expect if a bee or wasp nest is in the house or garden.

While deaths from wasp stings are rare, this devastating incident has shocked the racing community. Friends remember Murphy for her hardworking nature, kind personality and passion and dedication to ...

As you can see, it is neither a tarantula nor a hawk – it ... will go in for the sting, aiming for the large nerve ganglion to quickly paralyze the spider. Then, the wasp drags this helpless ...

But just how did stingers come to be? And why do stings hurt so dang much? This is the evolution of stingers.

Campers have been warned to stay away from a seemingly harmless-looking plant in the bush after one Aussie explained the pain from its sting was "worse than a snake bite" when he brushed against it ...

Number 16, a female trapdoor spider, outlived all known spiders, surpassing the previous record-holder, a 28-year-old tarantula. Despite her longevity, Number 16 couldn’t escape nature’s cycle ...

The tarantula hawk is a flying wasp. This creature flies, but it also tends to stay low to the ground so that it can find prey, namely tarantulas. When it finds the prey that it wants, it will crawl ...

Still, a tarantula’s bite is likely to hurt on the magnitude of a bee sting, he said. The dangerous tarantula ... according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The tarantula hawk, a spider wasp, ...