Tarantula Hawk Wasp vs. Tarantula!

[Happyhooker132]

-See's tarantula hawk carrying tarantula back to its nest to slowly be eaten alive by hundreds of tiny tarantula hawks- *my reaction* "LOL GUESS THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM! :D"

[buzzboy199]

DAYUM NATURE! YOU SCARY!

[AgrivatedKillah]

Tarantulas don't feel pain like most animals.

It would just know that something is on it, it doesn't feel pain that me and you feel.

[BradJC70]

@AgrivatedKillah Tarantulas DO feel pain as does everything else with a heart beat, brain, central nervous system. Try grabbing and pinching a tarantula's tarsal segment. Let me know if you felt as much pain as it did.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@BradJC70 Not the type of pain we feel lol.

[BradJC70]

@AgrivatedKillah 'Pain', is pain. They 'HURT' like we do.

[W0BN1AR]

@BradJC70 Can you prove that?

[BradJC70]

@W0BN1AR You're an idiot. Try disproving that.

[W0BN1AR]

@BradJC70 I rest my case, you don't know shit. You're just one of those sensitive touchy feely types when it comes to animals so you believe that they all feel the same way we feel. Spiders do not work that way.

[BradJC70]

@W0BN1AR Probably best you stick to video games moron. I've forgotten more about spiders than you will EVER know. I've studied tarantulas (among other animals) for the better part of 30 years and have kept them, (THOUSANDS) since before then. You couldn't keep up with me on your best day, with a computer, in a library, at the Museum Of Natural Fucking History you pissant. You=FAIL. The biggest. YT Wall Of Fail, there YOU are...

[W0BN1AR]

@BradJC70 Are you retarded? Serious question.

[BradJC70]

@W0BN1AR Nice comeback, failure.

[cocomonk90]

how long is it paralazed for??

[BradJC70]

@cocomonk90 The spider is paralyzed throughout the wasps pupa stages. The larvae eats AROUND every organ, ensuring that the spider remains alive as it consumes the rest of it's mass. A cruel fate but if we (humanity) have to suffer and live through the likes of WOBN1AR up above there, the universe has to strike a balance somewhere...

[carmen0981]

I want to see one of these were the tarantula wins.

[THEIAN11]

i wonder how a hawk wasp would do against a scorpion, considering scorpions have claws to actually grasp with. i'd hope a scorp woudl win but i 70% sure it'd lose.

[BradJC70]

@THEIAN11 Being active mostly at night, the scorpion rarely encounters the wasp. As well the armored exo skeleton is far too tough for the larvae to penetrate. Not to mention, there is very little 'food' value compared to the tarantula.

[THEIAN11]

@BradJC70 :) thanks, regardless tho i think if it was a fight i would be pretty close though

[070101r2d2]

no spidermans dead

[crazy6521]

i woudve caught the tarantala hawk then keep it in a cage until the spider got better (kepp the spider in a separate cage) then i wouldve cut the sttinger off the tarantula hawk but then i would have the tarantula eat the tarantula hawk YA revenge is a bi**h

[COLLATER4L]

DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY

[XillegaltoastX]

I guess I'm the only person who would have said fuck letting nature take it's course, squish the tarantula hawk and kept the tarantula in a cage until it was healthy again :/

[crazy6521]

@XillegaltoastX no i wouldve done that too

[barrett072]

Hahaha you went looking for Herpies! Just come to my home town, all the bitches and slags have it.

[xxxreeexxx]

In Ecology of the southwest at University of Arizona our professor said the Tarantula Hawk only laid a single egg and it laid it inside the tarantula. Just sayin'.

[smetlogik]

@xxxreeexxx - you're correct about the single egg, not sure they lay it "inside" the tarantula though. Think it's on top, then when the larva hatches, it rips a hole in the tarantula to feed on it.

[BradJC70]

@smetlogik It absolutely lays it on top. The larvae 'chews' a hole into it, then crawls inside. The larvae eats everything inside of it EXCEPT all VITAL ORGANS, thus keeping the spider alive and fresh for as long as possible. Incredible behavior for an insect.

[WhiteGangster400]

Do the spiders ever win????????????????? i can't find any video of them being able to kill the wasp

[117tvirus]

@WhiteGangster400 I wouldn't think so, like obviously it must have happened at least once, but i would not fuck with these wasps.

[TheLyndonTree]

Why did you get so bleedin' close!

You madman!

Props.

[craggsterLFC96]

i hate them wasps they pick on the tarantulas. Tarantulas are cool but if i ever sore 1 of them wasps trying to kill a T then ail stomp on it

[Jakeequa]

A giant centipede would eat that wasp!

[mrkiky]

um....damn nature you scary!

[bigd270]

Herping? Were you also Derping?

[gilbeth77]

The Pimpla inquisitor (Tarantula hawk) will only lay her egg in a select tarantula, not any tarantula will do.

[nickimew15]

It's not a nest it takes the tarantula back to, it's actually a grave 8-10 inches deep and girth a little bigger than the spider.

[unclesamandy]

Can we get live footage of the tarantula being eaten? You know, for educational purposes

[smetlogik]

@unclesamandy - i'll work on it.

[GRoseaHelpMe]

why everytime tarantula hawks wins the fight ?

taranutla must win

[MultiLegend118]

it rubbish

[ShadowKNighT788]

Herping?

That sounds weird what doese it mean?

[sevenvt]

I should probably look it up, but whats "herping" is that like playing johnny apple seed of herpes?

[smetlogik]

@sevenvt - "field herping" is slang for going out to look for snakes, turtles, and frogs. It comes from the word herpetology. In my FAQ's, there's a better definition.

[skemeB34]

absolutely disgusting.

[geckoguy422]

Amazing!

[pelly1995]

Holy, talk aobut mother nature, never stops amazing me

[BenPN1000]

Bite? You mean sting.These wasps have thin,tube like body's which are hard for a tarantula to bite.These spiders kill their prey by impaling it against the ground but that's impossible against the wasp.The wasp is evolved to take advantage of the spider and is little more than a parasite.

[iatealltheLps]

tarantula hawk: hey, come on over!

tarantula: what? who is this guy ? *walks over*

- Erhm..I'm sorry, do I now you?

tarantula hawk: I'm Hawk

tarantula: Hawk? Thats a funny n..SHUGG!!!

tarantula hawk: Stung u bitch!!

*drags the tarantula home to show how gruesome mothernature can be*

Insects are disgusting.

[InfernalRyo]

owned D:

[FTWBillCosby]

RIP Tarantula.

Lets see it do that shite on a praying mantis. 

[BenPN1000]

There's wasps that exploit praying mantis' in a similar way.They lay their eggs in the mantis egg case and the lava eat the developing mantis'.Their parasites,evolved to exploit other animals.

[stickyfox]

Have you ever herped so much that you derped?

[blueswiftness]

you came across it after you were jerking? haha just kidding

[daboy432king]

hawk gets the edge

[SamusV4]

Tiny Alien vs. Predator in your own backyard! lol

[AmelianWar]

poor tarantula. That wasp gives women a bad name! I lay my eggs on dead men backs....

[crisp2882]

i love the guitar sound on this video.if anybody know what kind of guitar it is i would love to know.great video of wasp and spider.

[crazybybirth]

Song?

[smetlogik]

@crazybybirth - fade away by 12 stones

[crazybybirth]

whats the song?

[Joranftw]

Best bug ever.

[julieriley123]

if a tarantula hawk wasp bites u it causes SERIOUS problems

[smetlogik]

@julieriley123 - you got that right!

[MissusRothery]

Poor spider :(

[pychoshow]

dont feel bad i saw one of those wasp coming torwards me, but luckily i had a electrick fly swatter with me. i wacked it and it fell to the ground, it was twitching so i shocked it until it cought to flames.

[fluffeesh]

LLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

you MIGHT just be my hero.

[lolopieman124]

lol that sounds funny

[TheZer0celsius]

that is soo sweet

[cooldude4always]

i would love to see the wasp trapped in web and see the spider munch it up

[ImmortalUniverse]

that wasp is my new pet friend if those big spiders ever come to my country.

[AceofDlamonds]

those spiders are relatively harmless....don' worry. I'd worry more about the wasps sting, which is rated second in pain index.

[AceofDlamonds]

too bad this kind of spider doesn't make huge trapping webs.

[386obc]

family guy <3

VVVVv

[ShitBallsBanana]

DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY!!!

[dontbannme]

THAT THANG COME BY MY HOUSE, I KILL IT!

[evrae205]

i've seen this reply like 2000times this week lol

[TheGerrardrox]

fuckin hell, i hate spiders but this must be like the worst death ever! I feel sorry for this spider

[peetahp3]

Things can look very crual but everything has to do what it needs to, to survive.

[AttackElves2]

Damn! Those things are just mean >_>

[menenone]

name of the song?

[smetlogik]

Fade Away - 12 stones

[jenn1ifer]

it has to do what it has to do to survive.

[XxLoNgLoStWoLfxX]

NASTY!!!!

[kaleri]

thats a brutal way to die

[smetlogik]

no doubt

[sonofjasonvoorhees]

the tarantula hawk wasp stings it and the tarantula can never move again

[Drum2drums]

this is awesome cause i saw a video of a hamster that got eaten by n tarantula so this is revenge

[smetlogik]

lol

[watermelons831]

fuckin creepy

[riztman10]

were the action (poor)

[FabiiStalkerCore]

OWNED!

[ColeNorCal]

Pwned

[YouHaveMetYourMaker]

its larvae rape the tarantula from the inside, ow

[erwintommy]

Ialways let hawk wasps out. Here we have about 4 different types with the purple wasp-well so blue it is almost black wasp out..and the smaller cousins. They are only hunting spiders along the door frames and window sills. They will never hurt you. Just don't touch them.

[LITHIUMXCORE]

12 stones :D

[Delticola]

Great video, not familiar with this animal. I saw a 3 or 4 inch wasp in the panhandle of Florida this weekend. It was thin bodied, dark. Flew pretty fast and direct. Never saw that species before either, lived in Florida 6 years.

[tonybask]

thx =)

[tonybask]

what is this song ? i love it ^^

[smetlogik]

Fade Away  by 12 stones

[yes0genesis]

the tarantula hawk is my new best friend

[Damon130]

RAAAAPE! eeeep

[l7lll]

We had those back in El Paso.

[smetlogik]

crazy little buggers, their sting is painful!!

[Rocker2791]

we read a story about that in AP English.

[waxrock]

Was the story, by chance, out of the Norton Reader book?

[Rocker2791]

indeed it was. "The Spider and the Wasp"

[Natedunn3081]

Is it possible for them to lay eggs in a person or will they jsut not do it and if so do you have to get the larva out like bot flies (i think thats the name)

[c4spinn]

they lay the egg, (singular) on(abdomen) and not inside of the Tarantula, and are very particular it must be a certain type or it will not attack it. So no it will not lay an egg on a person because it must be inside of the grave it's dug so that it may bury it's victim and keep it's egg safe from predators. *nice vid*

[waywardmuse]

Wowie zowie. This is one action shot I've yet to have the pleasure of filming. I've got 2 more tarantula hawk vids coming up though -- grooming and on a flower. Good work!

[ingridgott]

wow i love evolution of species hunter hunt

never underestimated nature *****

[smetlogik]

you got that right!

[CaterpillarGiraffe]

WHAT that is insane ! :|

That little bug owned a giant spider !

Actually ... that was a rather huge bug

[ancanthrus]

I was just down in arizona and saw hundreds of tarantulas when I was road cruising.

[caliscott]

Love your posts here and on fhf.

[smetlogik]

thanks!

[BEERZGOOD5]

Good job! Good seeing you this past weekend too!

Check out my coachwhip vid.

[smetlogik]

same! enjoyed herping with you guys. nice vids, both the coach and the "snakes on the plains". nice title! lol

[raulesparza]

Excellent..Awesome timing to capture this.

[smetlogik]

it was wild seeing that wasp drag that huge thing. i was going to wait until she reached her den, but didn't have the patience.

[ErikPaterson]

haha, thats awesome!

[petcrazythemenniss]

lol nicde vid, keep et u ;D

[despeleta]

amazing how that little wasp can drag around the taratula! m,m,m,my tarantula.

[ilovemyboaconstricto]

Awesome a couple years ago when i was in puebloe i was leaning on a rock and there was a whole next to it and all of a sudden one of those wasps came out and had a tarantula and it was flying around with it but we were stupid and my friend threw rocks at the wasp and then he flew away and we burried the tarantula

lol

[t3chn01r]

Wow I hate spiders!!!

Awesome video though! That wasp is nuts, hate to come across one of those. Though it seems to be pretty docile.

[snakemaster7]

i cant believe you found such an awsome act of nature. ive seen this happen before and it is amazing.

[maxherps]

awesome!

[joefarah06]

That is absolutely awesome, Rob!!! I saw a documentary about those too, but i didn't know we had them in Colorado. Great vid!

[WeePython92]

ive heard of those, they're awesome!

[reptilewranglers]

Cool, I remember seeing a documentary about this. Thats an example of species that completely relies on another for survival.

[smetlogik]

apparently the sting from those wasps is rated pretty high on the pain scale. decided not to try it out this time.

[cooldude4always]

the bullet ant has a stronger sting though, it is recorded as the highest

[radabminj]

i'd rather get bitten from a bullet ant than from a japanese hornet or scolopendra gigantea

[cooldude4always]

im not sure whats tougher on humans, i think they are the same, but if they were against each other, ants would win casue they come in armies. But hence the name, 'bullet', thats how tough they are, it is also said on the sting index they are higher in pain

[skirts365]

Studies can show whatever their sponsors want them to show. Get stung by a tarantula hawk by interfering with it dragging a spider. It sure won't hurt as bad as a bullet ant, because it just lost 90% or more of its venom. That's how these guys take a T hawk sting. These wasps are very accessible dragging a spider. On the wing they will IGNORE people. Get too close to its prey, it will sting. That's how they misrepresent bullet ant as worse. Natives take hundreds of ant stings & recover.

[yomtumthai2]

nah man a bullet ant bite is very painful