Tarantula Hawk

Tarantula hawk wasps sting and paralyze tarantulas to feed their young. USGS Ecologist Todd Esque captured this video of a tarantula hawk wasp dragging a tarantula through the desert in Mexico.

Camera: Todd Esque, Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center

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