LAY DOWN AND SCREAM (the pain only lasts a few minutes) Tarantula Hawk Wasp Sting

“Lay down and scream” the pain only lasts 3 minutes, Fact Animal’s advice if you get stung”*.
You're OK though they almost never sting people.
They eat nectar and such but the female hunts for tarantulas or large spiders to host her offspring.
*Exceeded only by the sting of the South American Bullet Ant (Xpepper)
Found this when we had a few nights near freezing.
Tarantula Hawk Wasp Pepsis and HemiPepsis
Pepsis: Spider Wasp
HemiPepsis: Large Spider Wasp
The Tarantula Hunter
Pepsis albocincta in the latin.
This appears to be a female, identified by the curly antenna.
Males have straight antenna.

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What a fun insect to look up along with related interests.

Please look up Justin Orvel Schmidt March 23, 1947 – February 18, 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index


Schmidt Sting Pain Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index


What a fun insect to look up along with related interests.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)
Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)
Subfamily Pepsinae
Tribe Pepsini (Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Genus Pepsis (Tarantula-hawk Wasps)

See these fine site.

https://factanimal.com/tarantula-hawk/
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/tarantula-hawk/