tarantula

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.

Ferguson explained that his original plan to “go as a family of skeletons” was foiled after his elder son changed his mind “a few times,” eventually settling on going as a tarantula.

“I just saw in our Amazon cart that Justin put in a tarantula costume because he’s the weak one,” the Emmy-nominated actor joked, adding that he and Mikita have revised their plans.

Well, maybe not when they involve “come quick!” howls of terror over “a tarantula” that turns out to be a very small spider.

Perhaps your pet tarantula eats crickets in a cute way that makes you smile.