A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

The species has fangs that produce a painful bite, like a wasp sting, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms that can ...

blue-black body and bright orange wings — is known for delivering one of the most excruciating stings in the insect world. Previously called a "spider wasp," its name was changed to reflect its ...

About the odd relationship between the tarantula and the giant wasp Pepsis. Although the tarantula can easily kill Pepsis, one species permits the wasp to sting it and lay an egg in its body ...

The wasp lays an egg inside the spider using an ovipositor - a spike from its tail which is often mistaken as a sting. The larvae then takes about three weeks to hatch before feeding off the spider.

The spider is said to have a bite on a par with a wasp's sting. The extent of the outbreak was being assessed and the school was being cleaned. It followed a temporary closure last week of Malcolm ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...