Tarantula Hawks...

[SlimJ87D]

So the Tarantula Hawk, do they always win against a tarantula, what if they went up against a more aggressive one? On TV shows I always see them taking down docile tarantula species... and yes, it makes me sad all the time.

 

[David Burns]

The Pepsis wasp only encounters Ts in its natural habitat. So it would only encounter new world Ts, which tend to be more docile.

 

[Stylopidae]

I believe there is one which attacks Theraphosa blondi.

Apparrently, T hawk wasps always lose thier battles in captivity.

 

[Vanisher]

The Pepsis wasp only encounters Ts in its natural habitat. So it would only encounter new world Ts, which tend to be more docile.

There are some species of hawkwasps in Asia too! CHEERS!!!///Johan

 

[Waryur]

there is a lenghty video of a wasp hawk on this site, out in the open they have an advantage because they can fly to here they need to be and pick their battles, in a container the T rules.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

I wonder where that knowlage comes from... has somebody in the past put those wasps to the test in tanks?

 

[SlimJ87D]

^^Any response to him? And is there anywhere you've guys seen it happen?

 

[solaceofwinter]

searched site couldnt find video any links?

 

[syndicate]

sometimes the tarantula can win.

 

[InsaneCat]

Aye vey people, her is the link to the one in the wild, brought to you via Cirith Ungol...

http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/tropics/costarica03movies/tarantulawasp03.html

Note, No one is 100% sure if this is a T or another species.

 

[surena]

I wonder where that knowlage comes from... has somebody in the past put those wasps to the test in tanks?

I think I read somewhere that it was done, and Usually the T wins that battle if both are placed in an enclosure where the wasp can't escape. But in the wild the wasp usually win the battle against the T.

 

[brachymad]

I was at a lecture just a couple of weeks ago where it was stated that one species of T actually designed its burrow with a safe haven from a preditory wasp very ingenius of it I thought.

 

[Sobrino]

Like one said sometimes the T wins.