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  • Tarantulas have very few natural enemies other than humans. Its only real natural enemy is an insect known as the spider wasp. One of the types of the spider wasp is the The Tarantula Hawk or Tarantula Killer (Pepsis wasps) giant wasp. The wasp finds the tarantula by using olfactory or the sense of smell. The wasp stings the tarantula, which paralyzes it, then the wasp lays an egg on its abdomen and then buries it in the tarantulas burrow. When the egg hatches the tarantula is used as a living food source by the wasp grub.
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The Brazilian spider has very few predators. Its only real enemy is the pompilid wasp. The pompilid wasp is a soliatary wasp that preys on Spiders. The female wasp stings the spider which paralyses it but does not kill the spider. Once paralysed the wasp lays an egg on the spider. Once the egg hatches the wasp larva feeds on the still living spider until it emerges into an adult wasp.

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Tarantulas generally eat smaller insects such as flies, crickets, cockroaches, etc. The largest Tarantulas in North America will sometimes eat field mice and the like. Some Amazonian Tarantulas though have been known to take down and devour small birds.

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The predator of the Tarantula includes: Giant centipede, Tarantula hawk wasp, Eagles and hawks. That's it really.

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