http://www.ck12.org Chapter 14. Understanding Biodiversity: Animals: Invertebrates
14.6 Pepsis thisbe: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Common Name
- Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Description
The tarantula hawk wasp is a wasp that has a blue and black body with orange wings. Females have coiled antennae.
As for the males they have straight antennae. The length of this animal is 44 mm (2 in). What is well known about
this animal is its sting. The sting of this wasp is one of the most agonizing stings of all insects. The sting would last
at least for three long and painful minutes. People who have been stung by this animal says that it feels like a mild
shock throughout the body.
- Kingdom : Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta