How big are tarantula hawk wasps?
Reaching up to two inches long, these insects are among the largest wasps on Earth.
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© Bryan and Wendy Mullennix—Verve+/Getty ImagesAn adult desert tarantula (Aphonopelma species) walking in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The pilot black snake (Elaphe obsoleta) suffocates prey such as rats and mice before swallowing them whole.
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