The girls found this Tarantula Wasp on the ground and they got out the camera to take a picture of it. They are following their moms foot steps. He, He! A link to a video of the life cycle of the Tarantula Wasp on eHow.
About it's stinger from Wikipedia:
These wasps are relatively docile for a wasp and rarely sting without provocation though the sting, particularly of Pepsis formosa, is among the most painful of any insect. Commenting on his own experience, one researcher described the pain as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."[2] In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated at the top of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, second only to that of the bullet ant and is described by Schmidt as "Blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric.".[3] Because of their extremely large stingers, very few animals are able to eat them; one of the few animals that can is the roadrunner.
2 comments:
Wow. That's scary. And you're still in the U.S. right? =)
Are roadrunners even real?? haha!
Wow! Thanks for posting that. I never knew what those things were. I just saw one today, though.
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