If you saw a tarantula hawk, you'd probably run away ... and what it's like being a human test bed for these stings. His new book, "Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

Some come with a painful sting ... Scale. Peterson described the pain as “searing.” The arm that got stung became inflamed and the pain lasted around 6 hours. The tarantula hawk wasp is ...