Comments on: A Tarantula Hawk Encounter/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:07:34 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thomasstigwikman/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-400Mon, 09 Sep 2024 06:25:19 +0000/?p=367#comment-400In reply to da-AL.

I am glad I didn’t know what the Tarantula Hawk was at the time.

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]]>By: da-AL/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-397Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:35:27 +0000/?p=367#comment-397ohno – the stuff of nightmares!

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-351Thu, 05 Sep 2024 03:18:50 +0000/?p=367#comment-351In reply to ghostmmnc.

From a distance you may mistake them for a large black beetle and when you get closer you’ll see the big wasp/ant body type. The first time I saw a Tarantula Hawk at Camp Classen, it looked like a big black beetle to me until I got closer. My second thought was that it was some sort of 2-3 inch long giant ant, and then someone said it must be some sort of wasp, but none of us knew what it was until we got home.

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]]>By: ghostmmnc/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-350Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:26:48 +0000/?p=367#comment-350In reply to thomasstigwikman.

It is odd I’ve never seen one. I don’t really see tarantulas around here either though, so maybe that’s why there are none of the hawks around. Knock wood I never do see one. 🙂

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]]>By: robertawrites235681907/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-343Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:47:40 +0000/?p=367#comment-343In reply to thomasstigwikman.

Yes, that is the life of bugs. They are the lowest level of life after plants.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-341Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:01:14 +0000/?p=367#comment-341In reply to ghostmmnc.

Yes I agree. It looks mean. It isn’t very aggressive but if it does sting you then it is truly terrible. I am glad you have never seen one but I’ll bet they are common where you live. They like dry climates and I’ve seen them twice without living in a dry climate (well compared to you).

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-340Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:51:46 +0000/?p=367#comment-340In reply to robertawrites235681907.

Yes that’s what I’ve heard about Black Widows and Wolf Spiders. It is gruesome, but that’s the life of bugs.

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]]>By: ghostmmnc/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-337Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:59:32 +0000/?p=367#comment-337Eww Eww Eww! That insect looks so mean. I’ve never seen one and don’t want to. I like spiders, and I feel so sorry for the tarantula. Glad you didn’t get near it to bring it home. 🙂

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]]>By: robertawrites235681907/2024/09/02/a-tarantula-hawk-encounter/comment-page-1/#comment-336Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:05:29 +0000/?p=367#comment-336In reply to thomasstigwikman.

Well, some spiders eat the males after mating and spiders paralyze their prey and then eat it after the insides of the poor insect have liquidized. So, spiders have to endure a predator cycle too.

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