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S V - Tarantula Hawk

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www.SweetlyVenomous.com

Pepsis sp.

These beautiful wasps from the southwestern United States, as their name implies, specifically hunt tarantula spiders several times their size! They sting and paralyze their prey and drag it into a specially-dug burrow, then lay their eggs on the stunned tarantula and seal the entrance.

This striking wasp is made of blue Sculpey with a metallic blue nail polish finish to make it shine and protect it from the elements, black bead eyes, and thick wire antennae. The wings are clear vinyl coated in iridescent orange nail polish. She even has a tiny wire stinger! She has a clutch-back tie tack pin to allow her to ride around on your favorite clothing items!

Due to the large size of this wasp, she prefers to be pinned to thick or layered materials to help her sit upright.

The original can be found for purchase here: [link]
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Psithyrus's avatar
Amazing choice, i was stun by one of these buggers in arizona :)