Many tarantula hawks near me ??

[Quasar44]

I am seeing several a day as I live in remote area

They have orange wings and black and blue bodies

There stinger feels like the electric chair but it only lasts 5 min

 

[JGalt]

I am seeing several a day as I live in remote area

They have orange wings and black and blue bodies

There stinger feels like the electric chair but it only lasts 5 min

Damn nature! You scary!

 

[Zincwarrior]

Damn nature! You scary!

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OH **** NO!

 

[excalibur]

Good grief. Beep-beep.

... but the sting—particularly that of P. grossa—is among the most painful of all insects, though the intense pain only lasts about five minutes.] One researcher described the pain as "...immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except scream.

Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations. In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt sting pain index, second only to that of the bullet ant, and is described by Schmidt as "blinding, fierce[, and] shockingly electric".

Because of their extremely large stingers, very few animals are able to eat them; one of the few that can is the roadrunner.​

Tarantula hawk - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[luiza]

I am seeing several a day as I live in remote area

They are attracted to rotting meat which is the likeliest reason .

 

[SaxonJackson]

I am seeing several a day as I live in remote area

They have orange wings and black and blue bodies

There stinger feels like the electric chair but it only lasts 5 min

I walked past a nest of Red Hornets in the swamps of Missouri once and they chased me down like prey. I got stung in two places but the worst was my neck. Yikes. I did get my revenge later on but I came prepared with full body armor and a can of long distance bug killer.

 

[luiza]

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I see you are using a library stock picture of a Muncher .

 

[SaxonJackson]

I see you are using a library stock picture of a Muncher .

Could be. I just call giant, red beasts with wings and stingers: Red Hornets. But whatever you call them ... you know you got stung when you get stung.