The quiet and solitary Tarantula Hawk Drake lives in deserts, digging temporary shallow nests overnight in which to sleep. They feed primarily on large spiders, but will also eat carrion, insects, and larger prey when necessary. Tarantula Hawk Drakes are typically quite docile, preferring to mind their own business. However, when threatened or provoked, these drakes will attempt to stab the opponent with the stinger on their tail to inject a powerful venom. This sting is at the very least extremely painful, and even if the toxins don’t paralyze the attacker, the pain is likely to distract them enough for the drake to escape.

Though it may appear at first that dragons and drakes have much in common, the two are completely separate species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

This drake does not like sleeping in the same spot twice, but she does not bother traveling more than a few feet away from her previous nest before digging her new one. This has resulted in a series of holes that look like the tracks of some immense creature, ending abruptly at her current nest.

Any who get within her immediate striking distance (e.g., trying to look at the current nest with her in it) are subject to her powerful stinger attack followed by rending with her horns. Remains of those who got too close are left next to the strange pattern of holes; these have resulted in rumors of a great invisible monster that shreds its victims before eating them.