tarantula

Sir Gavin Williamson has said his pet tarantula, who once lived on his desk in the Houses of Parliament and Ministry of Defence, has died.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

There were questions over whether he was allowed to keep the tarantula in the Houses of Parliament.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“I look down and a giant tarantula is crawling up my pants,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

Researchers have identified four previously unknown tarantula species in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, and they turned out to be far more unusual than expected.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

Mama Tataba hangs the whole big family of bananas up in the corner all together, so the tarantula spiders that use it for their house can just move on out when they take a notion.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

While tarantulas can deliver a painful bite, they are not considered harmful to humans.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

I’m a Texan, so I’ve been around tarantulas my whole life, I knew what it was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

In particular, he said he saw spiders like tarantulas “as a newer pet trend in the United States.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

Trapdoor spiders are small, secretive relatives of tarantulas.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

His gnarly hands stuck out of his shirt like gigantic hairless tarantulas, always moving, always searching for someplace to land.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago