Editing Tarantula hawk (section)

==Sting==
Tarantula hawk wasps<!--multiple species--> are relatively docile and rarely sting without provocation, but the sting—particularly that of ''P. grossa''—is among the most painful of all insects, though the intense pain only lasts about five minutes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conniff |first=Richard |title=Oh, Sting, Where Is Thy Death? |work=The New York Times |date=2009-08-10 |url=http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/oh-sting-where-is-thy-death/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914205656/http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/oh-sting-where-is-thy-death/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-14 |access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> One researcher described the pain as "...immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."<ref name="urlTarantula Hawks - DesertUSA"/> In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated near the top of the [[Schmidt sting pain index]], second only to that of the [[Paraponera clavata|bullet ant]], and is described by Schmidt as "blinding, fierce[, and] shockingly electric".<ref name=Schmidt1983/> Because of their extremely large [[stinger]]s, very few animals are able to eat them; one of the few that can is the [[Geococcyx|roadrunner]]. Many predatory animals avoid these wasps, and many different insects [[mimicry|mimic]] them, including various other wasps and [[bee]]s ([[Müllerian mimicry|Müllerian mimic]]s), as well as [[moth]]s, [[fly|flies]] (e.g., [[Mydaidae|mydas flies]]), and [[beetle]]s (e.g., ''[[Tragidion]]'') ([[Batesian mimic]]s).

Aside from the possibility of triggering an allergic reaction, the sting is not dangerous and does not require medical attention. Local redness appears in most cases after the pain, and lasts for up to a week.