A Tarantula Wasp, impregnated and laden with her egg, hovers in an arroyo deep in the Sonora Desert, searching for that giant, hairy spider that will feed her unborn daughter. She spies a large male and engages him from above, landing on his back where he is defenseless, and injects her potent juices. Within a moment he is paralyzed, and she drags him into her nest to deposit a single egg upon him. A woman watches, mesmerized by the sensuality of the she-wasp's actions as she stings, then straddles, and finally drags the helpless tarantula off to serve her purposes. The images that hypnotize her mind are subtly transmuted into feelings, feelings that course down her body, electrifying her as her gaze leaves the wasp's nest and focuses on the young hiker who has just entered the mouth of the arroyo, his muscles tense with exhaustion beneath his sweat-soaked shirt.
She sits watching him, motionless save for the throbbing of her heart and the quivering between her legs, where her nerves are so tight they fire with every pulse of blood. She sees and yet is unseen, her unbleached linen frock, her tanned skin, and her tawny hair rendering her indistinguishable from the rocks and sand of the desert. She waits as he follows the water-worn path of the now-dry little canyon until he is past her, and she follows him silently for a few steps. She calls to him, and the sudden breaking of the silence by a human voice unbalances him. He wheels around towards her and is transfixed by her eyes, voraciously staring into his. His hiking staff drops from his hand as he watches her frock slide from her shoulders and fall to the ground exposing the smooth nakedness of her body.