A friend of a friend says the wasp will lay its eggs in the tarantula so the kiddies have something to eat when they hatch.  Creepy … and awesome.

And here’s a moving picture!:

After taking a bunch of pictures and the one video I turned to leave, then remembered I had Batman in my pocket.  Hmmmm…

Carefully, I knelt down to place Batman at a safe distance:

But the wasp was climbing a slight incline and suddenly lost its footing, tumbling down to Batman’s exact level.  It changed its course which happened to lead RIGHT ACROSS BATMAN:

(No superheroes were harmed in the making of this post.  The tarantula, however, is very much dead.)

Update:  Actually it’s not dead.  A friend pointed out that this is a Tarantula Hawk Wasp and that the tarantula is just paralyzed.  Apparently it eventually gets eaten alive… yikes.  (Thanks Fosphor for the info!)