Pepsis grossa
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pepsis-grossa-304-197682
title:
Pepsis grossa
text:
Pepsis grossa is a very large species of pepsine spider wasp from the southern part of North America, south to northern South America. It preys on tarantula spiders, giving rise to the name tarantula hawk for the wasps in the genus Pepsis and the related Hemipepsis. Only the females hunt, so only they are capable of delivering a sting, which is considered the second most painful of any insect sting; scoring 4.0 on the Schmidt sting pain index compared to the bullet ant's 4.0+. It is the state in
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of wasp
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsis_grossa
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date modified:
2024-02-18T05:38:42Z
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