tarantula

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The venom from a tarantula bite typically won’t kill a human, but it can cause minor pain, swelling or itching.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

McCamish said some of the best-known locations for observing the California ebony tarantula include:

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

One indicator of a possible tarantula sighting is a Tarantula hawk wasp buzzing around.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Only weeks earlier I’d run into a tarantula on the trail’s edge clutching a still-living insect in its long furry arms — several hikers were hovering over it, snapping photos with paparazzi-like fervor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

But to me it looked like a tarantula.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli