Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

If you saw a tarantula hawk, you'd probably run away ... and what it's like being a human test bed for these stings. His new book, "Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild ...

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

Aside from their namesake behavior of hunting tarantulas, tarantula hawks primarily feed on nectar, according to TPWD. They are not usually aggressive toward humans, and will not sting unless ...