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Why does a female spider wasp lays a egg inside alive tarantula?
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noTheir body measures up to two inches. These wasps are tough. They have to be to survive their encounters with tarantulas. The insects are metallic blue-black with wings that are blue-black, orangish or mahogany in color. These wasps have aposematic coloring, which means, it warns its predators. This coloring warns potential predators: 'this is a meal that would be painful, so why risk it?'. Their claws are hooked so can be used against their prey. These wasps are not terribly aggressive, and rarely sting humans, just do not harass them. Their exceptionally potent venom makes these one of the most agonizing insect stings in the world. Though the sting causes excruciating pain, it is not lethal. Most predators find this wasp's venomous stinger, which is 1/3 of an inch long, reason enough to leave them alone. The roadrunner is one of its few real enemies....
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What is a tarantula killer?
Do you mean tarantula, a big spider One tarantula killer is the tarantula hawk wasp. It actively hunts, and paralyses with their sting, for their larvae to feed on whilst they are still alive.
What is scientific name for tarantula?
'Pepsis formosa' is the scientific, Latin or binomial name for the tarantula hawk wasp. The common name refers to the female's successful preying on far larger tarantula spiders. Specifically, the mother-to-be delivers a paralyzing sting near the spider's head. She then pulls the hapless, helpless spider below ground. She lays an egg on top of the spider and then closes up the burrow. She repeats these actions about twenty [20] times.When the female tarantula hawk wasp is finished, she has about 20 eggs waiting to hatch into larvae. Each larva will have access to fresh food. In each of 20 burrows, they will feast upon their own immobilized, but still very much alive spider.
Are tarantulas born alive or egg?
The female tarantula lays eggs, which hatch out into tiny spiderlings.
What does the hawk wasp eat?
No. The adult wasp stings a tarantula to paralyse it, then drags it down into its burrow. The wasp then lays eggs on the paralysed (but still alive) tarantula, which hatch into grubs. The grubs feed on the body of the tarantula until they pupate.
What are the soft large clusters of white egg like pods growing in the ground with something alive inside it?
it might be spider eggs
Can tarantula's eat dyed or frozen bugs?
No they won't touch it. Must be alive. Crickets from a pet store are good to get and you throw the alive cricket in with the tarantula. They hunt it and kill it. Baby mice and baby toads they also like.
Is a spider and web alive?
Yes and no respectively.
Is spider man alive?
No, Spiderman is not real.
Are spider monkeys born alive?
Yes
Do spider monkey hatch or are born alive?
They are a primate and a mammal so they have alive birth.
Is a spider monkey born alive!!?
Yes. It is a mammal.
When an insect becomes trapped in a spider's web the spider moves towards the insectthe spider could be alive because its displays which sign of life?
Response to enviornment.
