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The video thumbnail image shows a tarantula hawk wasp attacking a tarantula spider.

How big are tarantula hawk wasps?

Reaching up to two inches long, these insects are among the largest wasps on Earth.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Spider wasp (Cryptocheilus)

Jacques Six

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