NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk.

"Imagine being hit with a bolt of lightning—that's what it feels like!" wrote Big Bend National Park about the wasp's sting this week. "Luckily, the pain, while intense, usually lasts only a few ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

Tarantula mating season is here — and if you're in the Southwest, you might see hordes of these fist-sized spiders marching across the landscape. From late summer through fall, male tarantulas emerge ...

A horde of baseball-sized tarantulas may soon start roaming across several Southern states. These hairy spiders, known as Texas brown tarantulas or Aphonopelma hentzi, are about to enter their mating ...

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” For a moment I didn’t pay much attention to the large insect buzzing around me. It was one of those gentle spring days and ...

If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you're most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It's mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

Costa Rica offers the entire spectrum of wild creatures. Some animals are particularly beautiful. Others are adorable. Today’s feature creature, the tarantula hawk, can most appropriately be described ...