Editing Tarantula hawk (section)

{{Short description|Common name for two genera of wasps}}
{{Paraphyletic group
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| image = Tarantula Hawk, Southeastern Colorado P1270150b.jpg
| image_caption = male ''[[Pepsis]]'' on a [[milkweed]] plant
| parent = Pepsini
| includes_text = Genera with tarantula hawk species
| includes = *''[[Pepsis]]''
*''[[Hemipepsis]]''
}}
A '''tarantula hawk''' is a [[spider wasp]] (Pompilidae) that preys on [[tarantula]]s. Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera ''[[Pepsis]]'' and ''[[Hemipepsis]].'' They are some of the largest [[parasitoid wasp]]s, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it into a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva, which then eats the still-living host. They are found on all continents other than [[Europe]] and [[Antarctica]].