smallthingsbigwars on Instagram: "One of the most painful stings in the insect world belongs to a surprisingly calm wasp. 🐝🕷️ The tarantula hawk is a large, metallic-blue wasp with bright orange wings. Despite its fearsome appearance, it feeds on nectar and acts as a pollinator. Its reputation comes from its life cycle, not its behavior. A female tarantula hawk hunts a tarantula, delivers a precisely targeted sting that temporarily paralyzes the spider, and lays a single egg on it. The immobil