tarantula hawk

English

Noun

tarantula hawk (plural tarantula hawks)

  1. A kind of spider wasp (family Pompilidae) with one of the most painful insect stings, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.
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