Tarantula hawk wasps are solitary insects known for their large size and intensely painful stings. The wasp gets its name ...

What do you get when you combine a killer wasp with a tarantula hunter? You get the tarantula hawk. Now, these insects are not a hybrid of a tarantula and a hawk, they are giant spider wasps known for ...

Entomologist Justin Schmidt created a pain index for insect stings, ranging from Level 1 to 4. The bald-faced hornet and western yellowjacket, both found in Ohio, are rated a Level 2 on the scale.

They are not typically aggressive toward humans but possess one of the most painful stings in the insect world. Female tarantula hawks paralyze tarantulas with a sting before laying an egg on the ...