tarantula hawk

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tarantula hawk

noun tarantula hawks

A kind of spider wasp (of the family Pompilidae), with a painful sting, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.
Similar: tarantula wasp

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@misc{tarantula_hawk_2026,
  title = {tarantula hawk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tarantula%20hawk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}