Tarantula VS Pepsis Wasp (Tarantula Hawk)

I came across these two giants fighting in a wash a few hours after a rain while looking for rattlesnakes. I’ve seen this a few times, but have never been able to film it for one reason or another. From wikipedia: “The female tarantula hawk captures, stings, and paralyzes the spider, then either drags her prey back into her own burrow or transports it to a specially prepared nest, where a single egg is laid on the spider’s abdomen, and the entrance is covered. When the was
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