SCARY! 4 creepy bugs in Arizona

Kari Steele
12:25 PM, Aug 1, 2018
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Have you heard of an assassin bug? How about a wasp that kills then eats tarantulas?

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The wasp that kills tarantulas and lives all over Arizona...I'll take a large NOPE with that.

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They call Arizona home and chances are you've seen them in your backyard, especially, during Monsoon season.

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Scary! Check out the snakes you're most likely to see around our state.

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Even venomous snakes stay away from these guys.

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PHOENIX - Have you heard of an assassin bug? How about a wasp that kills then eats tarantulas? Meet the western grapeleaf skeletonizer and its Arizonan bug friends that aren't so...friendly. 

Watch the video above to see a wasp drag a tarantula back to its den!

RELATED: 10 things you want to know about tarantula hawk wasps!

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