Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk.With its striking blue and orange colors, this wasp is a top ...

With more than 3 dozen species of wasps the tarantula hawks is one of the most common in Arizona. What happens if you get stung? Here's your guide.

The tarantula hawk has been awarded second place on the Schmidt's sting pain index, beaten only by the South American bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The pain from a bullet ant sting lasts up to 24 ...

While the wasp is best known for its excruciating sting — which scores a mind-numbing 4 on the Schmidt Pain Index (right under the agony-inducing bullet ant) — the tarantula hawk also induces ...

In the world of horrifyingly painful stinging creatures, the tarantula hawk ranks so high that the actual scientific advice if you're stung is to lie down and scream. Dandy if you're a human, but ...

The tarantula hawk wasp is rated a four, the highest possible rating, on the Schmidt sting pain index. It sits alongside a bullet ant. In comparison, a yellow jacket sting is ranked at level two ...

Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis sp), a giant wasp, confronts Tarantula in a sequence where the spider is paralyzed and parasitized by wasp's eggs, Riverside, California Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

With more than 3 dozen species of wasps the tarantula hawks is one of the most common in Arizona. What happens if you get stung? Here's your guide.