#with how careless I am I won't be surprised if I get a real sting someday tho

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I got a warning sting from a Tarantula Hawk wasp one time, like not a full sting but it just basically brushed against my left index fingertip & my hand was on fire for like 20 mins, & the finger was swollen & tender for over a week afterward. So like don’t try to swat them away, because even a tiny little scratch can be bad.

They’re native to the Southwest US & are the state insect of NM [I’m positive that the Cazadors from Fallout New Vegas are based on the Tarantula Hawk & those things SUCK] so like, be careful if you see a large pitch black wasp with bright red-orange wings, either flying or crawling along the ground.

Oh & they’re called Tarantula Hawks because they’ll sting a tarantula, which immobilizes it with pain, for days, & then lay eggs on it. The eggs will hatch & eat the still-alive-but-paralyzed-with-agony tarantula. So unless you’re a poor tarantula, then don’t worry about eggs being laid in you.

[Watch Coyote Peterson’s sting video too, he just screams the whole time, it’s great. We do need to kinkshame Schmidt but at least he’s not as exhibitionist as Peterson, all putting his experiences online.]

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