Venom is the word for poison that is injected, and animals have evolved some nifty ways to deliver their venom. Here's our top 5 list of unexpected venomous creatures on the planet.
The tarantula hawk, found in Utah, is a page out of a collection of horror stories. Beautiful, huge, painful, and parasitic - it's a wasp that tops the Sting Pain Index and finds its way into NHMU's "The Power of Poison" exhibit.
Christy Bills, our Entomology Collections Manager, leads the Firefly Citizen Science Project, which is building a map of firefly habitats with help from Utah citizens.
![[image] Zombie Ants](/sites/default/files/Zombie One_0.jpg)
![[image] Utah Fireflies Light Up the Night](/sites/default/files/firefly.jpg)
![[image] How a Museum Artist Made a Firefly Glow](/sites/default/files/nhmu_firefly_blog_1.jpg)
![[image] European Firebug Spreads in Utah](/sites/default/files/Firebug STOCK_0.jpg)
![[image] Top 5 Venomous Encounters in Nature](/sites/default/files/Large-eyed-pit-viper-blogheader.jpg)
![[image] The Dracula of Wasps](/sites/default/files/TarantulaHawk.jpg)
![[image] Grand Photos of Humble Bugs: Digitizing our Entomology Collection](/sites/default/files/BugImaging-blogheader.jpg)
![[image] Fierce Facts about Fireflies](/sites/default/files/firefly-facts-blogheader.jpg)
![[image] Hunting for Utah Fireflies](/sites/default/files/fireflies-blogheader0.jpg)