HMNS IQ: The strange life of the tarantula hawk wasp

The next time you get to visit our Death by Natural Causes exhibition, be sure and give some attention to our insect specimens, like the tarantula hawk wasp. These insects land on spiders in the wild and later injects its eggs inside of it. It’s a whole big scary mess, but very interesting. These wasps are known to have one of the most painful bites in creation, too.

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