noun
Any of various large predatory wasps of the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis, whose females have a painful sting and provision their nests with a paralyzed tarantula.
tarantula hawk
Pepsis mildei
tarantula hawk
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Noun
(plural tarantula hawks)
- A kind of pompilid spider wasp that hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae.
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