| 单词 | tarantula |
| 例句 | Maria stared at her sister as though she’d just seen a tarantula. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had written several more posts on my blog—mostly stuff about the park, school, tarantulas, and how I do things without arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Each morning they shook tarantulas and scorpions from their boots and tied handkerchiefs over their mouths in a hopeless effort to keep out the flying sand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in front of him and asked, “When did the tarantulas disappear?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’d done this several times before; I had become obsessed with finding a live tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I even visited Madame Myrtle to try to figure things out, but she was clueless about the tarantulas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “No really, I’ve never seen a tarantula before in my life,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The goblin nation squats there like a tarantula, waiting to leap and strike. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He held the flashlight for me so I could sneak up on any holes I had found earlier in the day, thinking they might be tarantula burrows. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That same year, the Commandant forced Faris to keep a bird-eating desert tarantula as a pet, telling him that if the spider died, he would too. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "Look, a tarantula," said Mr. Sir, also fascinated. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I had read every single tarantula book from the Desert Ridge Middle School library, the Phoenix Library, and the box we’d found in the storage shed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “There aren’t any tarantulas around here,” she told me as she raked the dirt ground. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Tam Lin showed me how to pick up scorpions, and he let a tarantula walk up my arm.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly Joe had never seen his father kill anything, except for meat, or unless it was poisonous—his father would swerve a truck almost unconsciously to squash a rattlesnake or a tarantula on the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All God’s creatures have names, whether they slither across our path or show up for sale at our front stoop: bushbuck, mongoose, tarantula, cobra, the red-and-black monkey called ngonndo, geckos scurrying up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But to me it looked like a tarantula. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z While I browsed through one of the tarantula books, Zion continued moving the stacks of documents and boxes until he uncovered a large wooden desk buried beneath all the stuff. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But that was that, no tarantulas, no mangos, no lizards, no spirits, no flesh-and-blood people. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He took photographs of a tarantula, plaintive sunsets, windswept dunes, the long curve of empty coastline. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It leapt off Stanley's neck and pounced on the tarantula. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t think Josephine could have looked more shocked than if a tarantula the size of a horse had trampled through the room. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he’s little. But so is a tarantula.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the wasp grub hatched, it would feed on the tarantula meat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Listen, we’re going down the middle of the train — Lee Jordan’s got a giant tarantula down there.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I still hadn’t found a tarantula despite going out almost every night with Dad. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One day I was visiting Spaghetti, and I asked Denise what she knew about tarantulas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Henry just chuckled again and did that same little hand wave like he had when I’d told him I didn’t know anything about tarantulas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They were unusual spectacles, being without ear pieces, but shaped rather like scissors or like the antennae of the tarantula wasp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was badly damaged, we could make out the big hairy tarantula on the cover. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Henry in the soda shop kept telling me I love tarantulas.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Some even said it was a thousand times as strong as that of a tarantula. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In her place was a hairy tarantula with striped legs and shiny black eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Someone must have really liked tarantulas to put all these pictures up,” I said to Henry as he scooped my ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Taking a calming breath, he silently prayed that the tarantula would be gone and the fairy would be there. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z William Thomas wiped his forehead and felt the touch of his son’s hand on his arm, like a young tarantula, thrilled. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never seen a tarantula before, but there was no doubt what it was. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Later that night, I dragged Dad out to go tarantula hunting. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His gnarly hands stuck out of his shirt like gigantic hairless tarantulas, always moving, always searching for someplace to land. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His face blurred as it shifted between that of a dimpled, skinny man and that of a jeweled tarantula. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There Was a real skull of a medium-size animal, maybe a cat or a skunk, and a well-preserved dead tarantula. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z While I waited, I looked at the framed pictures of tarantulas lining one wall of the soda shop. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I carefully turned the fragile pages of the sketchbook with my toes, and stopped on a sketch of a tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He would have expected a dragonfly, but supposed a tarantula was possible. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In 2014, a story circulated for two days about a pregnant pet tarantula named Penelope. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead you used a code word such as “coffee varnish” or “white mule” or “horse liniment” or “monkey rum” or “panther sweat” or “rot gut” or “tarantula juice” when ordering your drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Sometime later Stanley saw a tarantula crawl across the dirt, not too far from his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “More tarantula stuff,” I mumbled, studying the cover. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “He just really seemed to think I was someone who would like tarantulas, I guess. He also gave me vanilla today. Yuck.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here! We will sleep here,” Salvador announced, after he had scouted a small room for scorpions or tarantulas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Someone here was really into them. There are tarantula pictures in the soda shop and a tarantula display in the museum.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Take your time exploring the more than 23 acres, which are home to everything from a Brazilian tarantula to an Indian rhinoceros. 36 Hours in Buffalo 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The Bird Kingdom includes elements of the museum it once homed, which you can peruse on the first level of the attraction where you'll also find tortoises, snakes, bearded dragons and even a tarantula. Eat your way through Niagara Falls 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Does everyone remember the tarantula that Drew Sharp scooped up just moments before Todd put a bullet through him? Hidden Breaking Bad: The Stuff You May Have Missed 2013-09-24T17:53:26Z She helped me overcome my fear of spiders and snakes by allowing me to hold a blond tarantula and a gorgeous lemon-yellow gopher snake. A visit to seductive Sedona, Ariz. There are tarantulas in the garage, and rats and snakes, and everybody's in a bad mood because it's so hot, including the rats and snakes and tarantulas. Carolyn See's California, as told to Barbara Isenberg 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “If you put a controller and a tarantula on a table, and you ask my mom to pick one up, I’m not sure which one she would choose,” Mr. Skillman said. Less Flailing, More Pushing: The Joy of Joysticks 2012-07-06T14:17:58Z Albeit not one for those who are scared of creepy-crawlies, as Jones meets a grumpy tarantula and, more terrifying still, a poisonous fat-tail scorpion. TV highlights 19/06/2013 2013-06-19T06:00:05Z We passed a couple of tarantulas, big as mice and almost as furry, ambling down the trail with us. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Luckily for us, the tarantulas seemed to have gone the way of the big game that Thesiger so delighted in hunting during his travels. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z At 13, Ratray found himself on the director Chris Columbus’s “chaotic” Chicago set, where the most famous actor to him was Big Bob, a tarantula that had starred in “Arachnophobia.” As Kids, They Starred in Holiday Hits. They Moved On. Can We? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The so-called Goliath birdeater is a perfect example of a misunderstood tarantula; it rarely eats birds. A guide to spooky species: Some scary-looking animals are all fang and no bite 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The fingers seem to crawl across the surface like some menacing tarantula. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z There's another great actor's nightmare in it, where a character keeps saying to yours, "You were in that movie, the one with the tarantulas," which is not true. Al Pacino faces actors' nightmares in Philip Roth's 'The Humbling' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He reserved his main ire, however, for the hairy tarantulas — four inches across — that bedeviled his campsites. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z It feels like a tarantula is crawling up your thigh. Perspective | An old man’s guide to childproofing a home 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Highly knowledgeable guides visit the jungle at night, encountering dozens of nocturnal species, including bats and tarantulas. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Even without the wigs and tarantula eyelashes of his performing alter ego, Arnold is a preternaturally heightened figure, only rarely without the battle gear of exaggeration and melodrama. Review: Lessons in Love From a Drama Queen in ‘Torch Song’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But what islands they still are: places of gorges and waterfalls and pumas and tarantulas whose legs glow purple when they get mad. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z There are long stretches where the sun is 110 degrees and there isn’t anybody out there, your only friend is a tarantula. What Jedediah Jenkins learned by bicycling across the world 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Customs officials in the Philippines were in for a creepy-crawly surprise Monday when they found 757 live tarantulas stored inside gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal. Philippine officials find 757 live tarantulas hidden inside boxes of cookies shipped from Poland 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z We learn alongside her as she enrolls in field school to acquire basic archaeological skills such as digging test pits, identifying pottery shards — and flipping a tarantula off her instructor’s shirt. Book review: ‘Lives in Ruins,” archaeology and human life, by Marilyn Johnson 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Spiders and tarantulas are shown to the visitors by their handlers, with the creatures’s follicles, multiple eyes, forceps-fangs, segmented bodies and spinnerets magnified on a video screen. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z We learn that, in at least five appearances on Fox News, from Tucker Carlson’s show to Judge Jeanine’s, she’s appealed to Trump’s kindness and compassion—in essence, eating another tarantula—and also to his anger. “Public Official A,” Reviewed: The Sins of Rod Blagojevich Are the Sins of Our Time 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z She got excited about hawks, owls, lizards, frogs, and even tarantulas. Betty White adored animals, so shelters and zoos are celebrating her 100th birthday 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “It was excellent to get out and see the little critters, like insects, tarantulas, the poison frogs, that you don’t see floating.” Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z Despite only appearing on screen for a few moments, the tarantula served as one of the show’s most deeply haunting symbols. Whatever happened to the "Breaking Bad" tarantula? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The amygdala is activated by the unexpected sight of a tarantula as well as by a pile of hundred-dollar bills under a log. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z The giant tarantula on the back of Salomon Kalou's head, of course. TV review: UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich v Chelsea 2012-05-20T15:00:02Z We’re lurching along a rocky path when I am astounded to see a tarantula the size of my hand sedately crossing the track in front of us. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z A grandmother in England opened a box of grapes and made a horrifying discovery: a live tarantula. Grandmother finds live tarantula in grapes before giving them to her grandchildren 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, Philippine officials found 757 live tarantulas hidden inside boxes of cookies and oatmeal being shipped from Poland. Man caught transporting invasive stingrays, exotic fish at Texas airport 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Bugs,” on Saturday, in which young visitors can examine crawly critters like the emperor scorpion and the pink toe tarantula. For Children 2011-09-30T06:48:17Z “Bananas would rot, and harbor tarantulas,” Didion writes, by way of illustrating the “fatalism I would come to recognize as endemic to the particular tone of New Orleans.” Joan Didion gets out of town in 'South and West' — and finds only fragments 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Then a fat tarantula crawls across the floor, to be crushed under a woman’s high heel. REVIEW: In Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal Sees Double 2014-03-13T17:07:23Z This fearlessly effervescent actress earned her Screen Actors Guild card with a Kmart ad in which a tarantula crawled across her face. Q. and A. With Ellie Kemper: Talking Kimmy Schmidt, Jon Hamm and Tarantulas 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z "It isn't clear that the nematodes feed on the spider itself. It's possible that they feed on bacteria that live on the tarantulas," Dillman told UCR News. Jeff Daniels gets a killer worm named in his honor 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Keep an eye out for holes in the yard where tarantulas burrow, and if you find them, close your windows when it rains. Jamaica Kincaid’s Antigua 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z A professional handler and entertainer, Mr. Zelenka will invite children to observe and touch wildlife, including birds, lizards, snakes and tarantulas. Spare Times for Children for April 19-25 2013-04-18T22:11:56Z His habit of taking his insect chums with him on TV talk shows led to an appearance on The Larry Sanders Show when his tarantulas “escaped”. Chance the Rapper was The Lion King's 'nostalgia consultant'. That's not the oddest movie credit 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z When we spoke, she described Tigger, a tarantula that appeared on Pet of the Day. The Dog of the Day Site? I’m Obsessed, and Here’s Why 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z From the stories, she appeared to be my opposite: petite, outgoing and fearless enough to handle both M-16s and tarantulas. Modern Love: A Twist of Fate ? Modern Love 2011-11-10T20:54:08Z Translation: close-ups of jabbering, screaming and retching, occasionally with a cockroach or tarantula scurrying across the face. Extreme haunted house: inside the real life kingdom of masochists 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Some tarantulas use their hind legs to flick sharp hairs from their abdomen as a form of defense. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z Indoors, other examples of the region’s creatures, including tarantulas, harvester ants and rats, appear as part of a new interactive Nature Lab that readily attracts parents along with their charges. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, Redesigned 2013-08-02T19:53:12Z Or you could play the game chaotically, trapping tarantulas, and building a wall out of them and their little enclosures. “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” offers control and structure in a time of perilous uncertainty 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z As The New York Times described it, he “livened up his one-syllable-at-a-time reading with sudden bursts of dramatic activity, eventually ripping down a white-sheet backdrop and uncovering a painting of horrifying tarantulas.” Wynn Chamberlain, an Artist in Paint, on Screen and in Novels, Dies at 87 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z The frame came alive like a giant tarantula, leaving us giddy with the ease of assembly. Camping without the hassle: New service rents you all the gear you need, plus the car 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “It’s so cute!” whispers my niece, Georgia, and I nod, partly relieved it’s not a boa constrictor or tarantula. It’s a jungle out there: Costa Rica with kids 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z But according to the UC Riverside team, this is only the second time that the specific nematodes have been found to infect tarantulas. Jeff Daniels gets a killer worm named in his honor 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Masabumi Kikuchi rose from the piano bench into a standing crouch, growling as his fingers did a tarantula scamper across the keys. Music Review: Tyshawn Sorey’s Wu Wei Quintet at Greenwich House 2013-04-18T22:47:19Z Teflon Heart is the one that rhymes "cinema" with "tarantula", and "hypochondria" with "insomnia" and "algebra". New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z But his vision is the one that caught the public eye and stuck most indelibly in the imagination, like — in one of his aromatic metaphors — “a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” ‘The World of Raymond Chandler,’ Edited by Barry Day 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z A grandmother in England opened a box of grapes and found a live tarantula inside of it. Couple watches in horror as massive huntsman spider eats a possum in their hotel room 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The animal performances, a natural byproduct of casting snakes and tarantulas instead of golden retrievers. Four Secrets About ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z A few galleries popped up early, but most were idealistic fly-by-nights like Pocket Utopia, which occupied a former barbershop on Flushing Avenue and once held an elaborate funeral for an artist’s pet tarantula. Bushwick, Brooklyn as Next Gallery District in New York 2012-03-07T23:17:42Z A dad jumped right into action when he realized his young daughter was playing with a huge tarantula — and the moment was caught on video by the family’s backyard camera. Dad panics when he sees baby playing with tarantula: Watch the video 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z We witness Mary’s observations of and experiments with tarantulas and Venus flytraps, and her travels in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Even when his beloved decides he needs a tarantula crawling up his suit. Scene City: Warm Reception in Brooklyn for Rufus Wainwright?s ?Prima Donna.? 2012-02-22T18:10:50Z The spider was eventually identified as a baby tarantula. Grandmother finds live tarantula in grapes before giving them to her grandchildren 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The man caught transporting the baby spiders was arrested and the tarantulas were seized. Man caught transporting invasive stingrays, exotic fish at Texas airport 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z I mean, she is the CEO of this major network and she's a tarantula, but . . . as the series unfolds you will see that she has a big heart. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z In another, cartoonish tarantulas and a blissed-out frog join a few more vultures to flex their muscles like a high school wrestling team. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z “We usually can find saltwater- crocodile nesting sites, boa constrictors, scorpions and tarantulas. Some guests are a little scared at first, but I make it safe and fun.” With covid protocols, a Caribbean fly-fishing haven is back in business 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Selig also said that the world of reality TV that Blagojevich's wife visited - appearing on a show and famously eating a tarantula - may also be in his future. Mum's the word? Likely not for broke Blagojevich 2010-08-18T22:17:00Z Todd keeps the tarantula, and it reappears later in the season. Whatever happened to the "Breaking Bad" tarantula? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z It's estimated that 7,000 animals were taken in the robbery, including warty glowspot roaches, tarantulas, and leopard geckos, all of which were likely heading to the resale market. 17 of the Most Unusual Heists in History 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z There was an episode about a cursed tiki and a tarantula but never about an exchange on a street corner by the oleanders. Motherlode Blog: Negotiating Pettiness and Heartache in the Modern, Blended, Non-Brady Family 2013-12-22T13:51:47Z And then there was Looking Out, which focused on Rauch, who loves animals so much he takes them in, caring for them in his cell or in the yard: mice, bats, cockroaches, swallows, even tarantulas. Ear Hustle: unlocking the truth about San Quentin 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Fall happens to be the one season 8- to 10-year-old male tarantulas leave “their burrows to search for a mate.” Love-seeking tarantula causes crash in Death Valley; motorcyclist is hospitalized 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The tarantula was unharmed, park officials said, and no injuries to the Swiss tourists were reported. Foreign tourists braking to avoid tarantula cause crash in Death Valley National Park 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z While tarantulas spend most of their lives in underground burrows, 8- to 10-year-old males go aboveground in the fall to search for a mate, the park service said. Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z By the end of the two-hour hike that evening, three lusty male tarantulas had been spotted. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Female tarantulas can live multiple decades and never travel more than a few inches from their burrows. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Yet the color is rare in nature—especially not in “a blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” which is how a research team described a new species of tarantula in southern Thailand. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z A tarantula spotted crossing California State Route 190 in Death Valley National Park caused a crash between two Swiss tourists in a camper van and a Canadian motorcyclist. Foreign tourists braking to avoid tarantula cause crash in Death Valley National Park 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Swiss travelers, driving a rented camper van, braked suddenly to avoid hitting the tarantula as it crossed State Route 190 on Saturday, the park service said. Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z So many tarantulas are squished on the roadways of southeast Colorado that scientists want to build underpasses for them. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Similar fates await male tarantulas in other western U.S. states, in Central and South America, and around the world. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The spider, named Chilobrachys natanicharum, was already known in the pet trade as the electric blue tarantula, but a recent study published in the journal Zookeys finally confirmed it as a unique species. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon, the tourists in the camper van saw a tarantula crossing the road and braked suddenly. Foreign tourists braking to avoid tarantula cause crash in Death Valley National Park 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z They are commonly sold as food for pet reptiles and tarantulas because they are easy to breed and keep alive. How to identify cockroach type and deal with them 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Lavin — who’s been leading these tours for roughly 25 years — said male tarantulas are coming out earlier in the season than they used to, and in fewer numbers. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z All tarantulas are nearly blind their whole life, so he was fleeing by feel. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Of the 900 known tarantula species, only about four percent have any blue coloring, says Sarah J. Kariko, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z She had a big heart for all creatures, even alligators and tarantulas. How e-bike battery fires became a deadly crisis in New York City 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z “If you go back to the ’50s, the movies we were making as a studio at the time were giant atomic mutated tarantulas,” Murdy said in an interview last year. 'The Last of Us' is coming to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Aside from Australia, California has the world’s highest diversity of trapdoor spiders — a type similar in appearance to tarantulas — and they’re nearly everywhere that hasn’t been paved over, built upon or excavated, Bond said. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The sibling, let’s call him Brother, was taken captive by a tarantula hawk, a massive spider wasp that grows to two inches long. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z For the study, Chomphuhuang and colleagues went on an expedition to the mangroves of Phang-Nga Province, searching at night in the humid, muddy vegetation for a tarantula’s telltale sign: Shroud-like webs covering its burrow. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z One of them included ebony tarantulas and hairy scorpions. Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The terrain is filled with Mexican yellow poppies, and serves as a habitat for the checkered whip tail lizard, desert cottontail and Western desert tarantula. Biden Creates Two National Monuments in the Southwest 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Like tarantulas, trapdoor spiders burrow into the ground, where they hang out waiting for prey to approach on the ground above. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Brother did what most tarantulas do when they feel threatened: he froze. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z In this case, the team spotted a blue tarantula in the hollow of a tree, which they had to climb to lure the animal out. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He and his nephew plan to sell boas, colubrids and pythons, along with spiders and tarantulas. Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z With leg spans up to 11 inches across, this tarantula can turn just about anything smaller than itself into dinner, including frogs, lizards, mice and, of course, birds. Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z While tarantulas wait below with their eight eyes pointed skyward, trapdoor spiders build a webbed door and fling it open when the unsuspecting prey walks by. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The tarantula hawk dragged his paralyzed but living prey into Brother’s own den and laid a single egg on his abdomen. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Back in the lab, the scientists compared the tarantula’s DNA and physical characteristics to similar species and pinpointed key differences, including their coloring. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z However, he stressed that going to court would only delay the transfer of the zoo’s remaining animals, which number some 300 and range from a tarantula to a lone elephant. Officials to transfer animals, drop probe on Puerto Rico zoo 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “The story is that Justin once grabbed a tarantula hawk, just to see what the sting would be like,” she said. Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Two bona fide animal celebrities — one a puma, the other an alligator — made the news this year, along with falcons, tarantulas, hawks, pigs, pythons and a duck. Are L.A.’s parrots getting louder? We investigate 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Moments before they die this way, the poor-sighted tarantulas can sense a vehicle’s vibrations through their highly sensitive paws on the pavement, but by then it’s too late. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Echeverri notes a 2020 study that showed green and blue have evolved numerous times independently in tarantulas, suggesting the colors occupy a crucial role in their lives. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Each autumn in southeast Colorado, hordes of fuzzy, fist-sized male tarantulas emerge from their burrows to scour the shortgrass prairie for mates. The best animal stories of 2022 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The tarantula hawk, a kind of wasp, ranked a 4 on the pain index: Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Feed shelter animals or tarantulas, run with the dogs or hang with the butterflies — the options abound. 25 ways to volunteer around Washington 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z He managed to avoid tarantula hawks and roads. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z For instance, the startling blues on the appendages in front of the tarantula’s mouth may deter predators by saying: “Look at me! I have big fangs! Don’t step over here!” Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z As chief whip, Mr. Williamson cultivated the image of a ruthless political operator, keeping a pet tarantula he called Cronus in a glass box on his desk. For Britain’s New Leader, Politics at Home Overshadow a Smooth Global Debut 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z In his role as chief whip he was known for keeping a tarantula called Cronus on his desk. Gavin Williamson: Who is the minister under fire over bullying claims? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Scientists, nature enthusiasts and that rare subspecies of humanity obsessed with spiders all come to witness something remarkable: hordes of fuzzy, fist-sized male tarantulas emerging from their burrows to scour the shortgrass prairie for mates. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Researchers are trying to understand what climate change might do to tarantula populations. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Whatever the reason, the new tarantula will likely continue to be a favorite. Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z “If you go back to the ‘50s, the movies we were making as a studio at the time were giant atomic mutated tarantulas,” Murdy says. Universal's Halloween Horror Nights redefines the haunt with a Weeknd-inspired maze 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z His latest Instagram and TikTok video shows the Oscar winner and his eldest son, Trey, cautiously attempting to remove a tarantula from their family home. Will Smith is back on social media, and his latest post is too relatable 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Fox, 70, owns 10 tarantulas and is something of a thrill seeker. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z As temperatures warm, and flowers’ growing season extends later into the year, the pollinating tarantula hawks might be out later. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The tarantulas were the highlight of a mail-order spider “mystery box,” a biological grab bag that has become a popular offering in the thriving arachnid economy, much of which now exists, fittingly, on the web. Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z It has been inspired by the way tarantulas hang on to walls. Asteroid mining: Helping to meet Earth's natural resource demands 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "In the military, if you try to stand up on your own," says Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, "you turn yourself into a tarantula on a wedding cake." Military was told to purge "extremists" after Jan. 6 — so it went after a Black Muslim officer 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z “I love tarantulas and I wanted these guys to see them in the wild,” he said. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z In these grasslands, tarantulas are both prey for numerous species and top predators, crucial to keeping the insect populations at bay and the ecology in balance. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The list included some showstoppers, such as the enormous Asian forest scorpion and striped Costa Rican zebra tarantula. Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Spiders, another arachnid, seem to follow this trend, as well: Giant tarantulas have big fangs, but small venom glands, whereas slender black widows have tiny fangs and big venom glands. When it comes to scorpions, it’s the small ones you need to watch out for 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Directed by Pierre Perifel, “The Bad Guys” centers on a band of former criminals — a wolf, a piranha, a snake, a tarantula and a shark — on a mission to improve their villainous reputations. Sorry, Nic Cage. With 'Bad Guys' and 'Sonic,' animation rules domestic box office 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Up on the nearby road, tarantulas plodded across the pavement as traffic slowed to avoid crushing them. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Lawyers reported seeing snakes, tarantula carcasses, rodent droppings and black mold. Former C.I.A.-Run Prison Emerges as a New Front in Guantánamo’s Legal Saga 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Hughes and her colleagues identified about 100 kinds of arachnids in trade that were consistently described as variants of known species, such as the “Vietnam blue tarantula.” Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Eight of the tarantulas died in transit and the remaining animals were killed by Australian authorities. To curb smuggling, Norway has been killing confiscated wildlife 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z You know when your own heart races—whether from a tarantula on your lap or a text message from a crush. Monkeys can sense their own heartbeat. That could be good news for psychiatry 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Aphonopelma hentzi, commonly known as the Oklahoma or Texas brown tarantula, ranges as far east as Louisiana with especially high densities in this part of Colorado. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The 1,004 animals - including turtles, starfish and tarantulas - are now in the care of environmental authorities. Colombian police rescue 1,000 animals in anti-smuggling operation 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z But many arachnid species appear to be confined to small geographic regions; some, like tarantulas, mature slowly and have long life spans. Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In 2017, Australian border officials found 11 snakes, nine tarantulas, and four scorpions hidden inside a shoebox. To curb smuggling, Norway has been killing confiscated wildlife 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Best described a local botanist discovering a large wasp called a tarantula hawk pollinating on a prostrate milkweed. A rare plant found in Texas and Mexico could be listed as an endangered species 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z One of the larger cities in the area, La Junta, is developing a tourism industry around the spiders, with a tarantula festival, a tarantula website and tarantula murals all over town. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Side rooms offered salamanders, poison dart frogs and tarantulas in reassuringly sturdy terrariums. On the English coast, Hastings’ attractions span centuries 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In another recent study, researchers at Cornell University found multiple species of endangered tarantulas being sold online. Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z As a host of TV’s “Fear Factor,” Mr. Rogan was once known for putting people’s heads in boxes of tarantulas, while Mr. Aiub got his start playing a video game most popular with children. Brazil’s Joe Rogan Faces His Own Firestorm Over Free Speech 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Passengers on a train at London Bridge station found a pink-toed tarantula in their carriage. Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “We want to be the home where the tarantulas roam.” Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z One military lawyer who visited there recently described carcasses of dead tarantulas in the empty cellblocks. Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Family members recalled his love of practical jokes, including planting fake tarantulas in hammocks. Thomas E. Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z His tarantula collection had grown from one to three, along with hissing cockroaches for food. Nathan’s legacy: He got new lungs after covid. Now comes the hard part. Pink-toed tarantulas have large fangs and are venomous but not extremely toxic, with a bite likely to cause swelling similar to a wasp sting. Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite their fierce looks, tarantulas are mostly docile. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z It comes complete with booby traps and a tarantula. Analysis | NBC’s ‘Annie Live!’ was perfectly pleasant, but these were some of the weirdest moments 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z "But I've grown up, and I'd be happy to share my family home - my pizza, even - with you this holiday season. Just try not to let my tarantula, Axl, loose this time." Home Alone house available to book on Airbnb 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The zoo also has lions, tigers and elephants, as well as the Goliath bird eating tarantula, the African pancake tortoise and the tomato frog. National Zoo names veteran curator Brandie Smith its new director 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Also known as Antilles tree spiders, pink-toed tarantulas are said to be shy and docile creatures. Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “I really wanted a tarantula but my mom was having none of that,” she said. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z So his lab began investigating the workings of a wide range of unpleasant natural substances: toxins from tarantulas and coral snakes, capsaicin from chili peppers and the chemicals that make horseradish and wasabi so pungent. Nobel Prize Awarded for Research About Temperature and Touch 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z For a few, comfort comes in other forms — those of a horse or a pig, perhaps a possum-like sugar glider or even a tarantula. Some Argentines turn to unusual pandemic pets for comfort 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He found that four of 19 tarantulas had died and that the ball python did not have water. Landlord finds 19 tarantulas, 1 python left behind by tenant 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In total, 20 researchers are studying the potential of venom from one particular spider, the Peruvian green velvet tarantula, to keep pain signals from transmitting between nerves and muscles. Could tarantulas hold the secret to relieving chronic pain? Researchers think so 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z At 18, she got a tarantula tattoo on her foot. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z I once teetered on heels outside the caterer’s door at a black-tie reception to get first dibs on fried tarantulas and sautéed cockroaches as they emerged from the kitchen. Opinion | More Noodles, More Life 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “I concentrate on having to move slowly because if they frighten, they could fall” and could die, he said, showing off a colorful and somewhat venomous Mexican tarantula in the palm of his hand. Some Argentines turn to unusual pandemic pets for comfort 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The conversation turned to Ben’s pet tarantula, along with the notion of holding the tarantula in their hands. George Stranahan, Benefactor of Physicists and Bar Flies, Dies at 89 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z A family photo shows her letting a tarantula crawl across her hand. Perspective | When the cicadas last swarmed, a children’s book eased fears. Now, 17 years later, it’s helping again. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Female brown tarantulas typically live about 30 years and never move more than a few inches from their burrows. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Finding data on the full range of tarantula colors required getting creative. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z To judge by popular movies, people who live in the Brazilian Amazon are at constant risk of being attacked by huge tarantulas, squeezed to death by giant anacondas and being eaten alive by voracious piranhas. Blame Poverty, Not the Poor, for COVID-19's Spread in Brazil's Amazon 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Another study at the Paris Zoological Park similarly found that large, multicolored species such as giraffes and jaguars raised 46 times the funds of the less popular vultures and tarantulas. Would you pay to save this creature? Fake beasties reveal why some animals get conservation bucks 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z A week later, they were less likely to show a physiological stress response to a live tarantula — and more likely to approach it. Burnout Isn’t Just in Your Head. It’s in Your Circumstances. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “The males will wander up to a mile this time of year,” said Billotte, who was careful not to step on any of the single-minded, love-sick tarantulas crawling in front of her. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z But some tarantulas don’t just hide from predators. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z A German man in 2011 pled guilty to shipping hundreds of live tarantulas into the U.S. through the mail. The 9 craziest things seized by Customs and Border Protection 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z At that time, he famously kept a tarantula named Cronus on his desk in the House of Commons. Cabinet reshuffle: Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet? 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z From the Northampton Reptile Centre, you can order a 20-pack of locusts to feed your tarantula. How our home delivery habit reshaped the world 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And that’s the other reason the researchers were visiting — to persuade the state to install tarantula tunnels, probably about a foot wide, to keep the spiders safe from traffic. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z But the team saw that blueness seemed unrelated to whether a tarantula was capable of fighting back. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The investigation began when a routine inspection revealed about 300 live tarantulas in a package he mailed to Los Angeles. The 9 craziest things seized by Customs and Border Protection 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas. Movies on TV this week: 'GoodFellas' on AMC and more 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The store opened in June and sold birds, tarantulas, scorpions and reptiles. WV officers seize exotic pets from shop accused of cruelty 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And while millions of dollars have been spent on overpasses so deer, elk and mountain lions can safely cross highways, tarantulas don’t get much sympathy from the public. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Instead it looked like a much older trait, an ancestral quality retained by many tarantula lineages. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z He received a total of $300,000 from tarantula sales to spider fanciers in dozens of countries. The 9 craziest things seized by Customs and Border Protection 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Follow that spider: Comanche National Grassland in southeastern Colorado contains prime conditions for spotting tarantulas: no agricultural development to upset their habitat, arid land and short prairie grass. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The exhibit features 17 species of live arachnids from around that world, including tarantulas, Black Widows, Brown Recluses and Wolf Spiders. Milwaukee Public Museum launches a live spiders exhibit 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Rich Reading, vice president of science and conservation at Butterfly Pavilion, said tarantulas deserve saving because they are predators that help control pests including grasshoppers and beetles. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z That suggests, they say, that the color might be intended for other tarantulas, not just predators. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Probably one of the tarantula hawks like Pepsis. Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z Stay alert for cows, which use the same roads, and tarantula hawks. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z A toxin from the Togo starburst tarantula is helping researchers to understand pain pathways.Credit: Analgesia without opioids 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The Colorado Department of Transportation has provided 10 wildlife cameras to help figure out where tarantulas tend to cross the roads. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Tugging more on that thread, the team then looked at databases of proteins used by various tarantulas. Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Male tarantulas aren’t mature until they reach age five, or eight, or 10 – depending on the species, said Forest Urban, manager of the invertebrate program with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. 'Ding dong, it's time': dancing tarantulas emerge in droves to mate in western US 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z This year’s event featured a naturalist-led search for tarantulas and live music by the Sada Springs Jug Band, whose members are park volunteers and friends. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Residents regularly spot tarantulas, coyotes and bobcats in their yards and enjoy a short walk to hiking and biking trails that offer sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. AP Exclusive: Freeway crossing to give wildlife room to roam 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “Do we need tarantula signage or pull-offs on highways for people to see them?” Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Officials say that the migration involves Oklahoma brown tarantulas. Thousands of tarantulas set to crawl through Colorado searching for mates 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Fox News: Which was the most difficult scene for you to film in “The Hills Have Eyes”? Wallace: For sure the tarantula. 'E.T.' mom Dee Wallace recalls grueling, emotional 'Cujo' shoot: 'I blew all my adrenals out' 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z And tarantulas set their hairy legs in motion, crossing patches of desert and roads in the name of love — or, more accurately, spider Tindering. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z They included venomous snakes, poisonous toads, pythons and tarantulas. Exotic animals removed from home where alligator escaped 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z One of the most ornate tarantula paintings covers the side of the Halloween Shop. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z September is the best time of year to view the tarantula migration, according to the website, which says that around Sept 10 is the peak viewing time. Thousands of tarantulas set to crawl through Colorado searching for mates 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z So yes, the tarantula, not my favorite scene. 'E.T.' mom Dee Wallace recalls grueling, emotional 'Cujo' shoot: 'I blew all my adrenals out' 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z When: Between late August and early October, tarantulas such as the male Oklahoma brown species leave their burrows in search of a mate. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z In his previous role as chief whip, Williamson kept a tarantula on his desk called Cronus. Theresa May fires defense secretary Gavin Williamson after Huawei leak 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z And when a car plowed through a local real estate office, the hole was covered with plywood and a tarantula painted over it. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Of course, depending on your feelings about spiders, this may also be the best time to avoid the tarantulas on their trek. Thousands of tarantulas set to crawl through Colorado searching for mates 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z When he was chief whip, responsible for keeping MPs in line and enforcing party discipline, he kept a tarantula called Cronus on his desk. Profile: Gavin Williamson 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z This is another one where the name might deceive you: The tarantula hawk is neither a spider nor a bird. Pennsylvania Honors the Snot Otter. It’s Not Even the Strangest State Animal. 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Many of the baby tarantulas were concealed in small plastic vials punctured with holes for air while bigger spiders were shipped in see-through plastic containers. Creepy cargo: Philippines seizes 757 tarantulas from Poland 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Denahy hopes tarantulas give La Junta the same economic boost that snow geese, sandhill cranes, mountain plovers, rutting elk and even watermelons have given other communities. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The article claimed that the tarantula researchers had received their specimens secondhand from private collectors in Poland and Britain, who had poached them in Malaysia. This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But its emergence also highlights a growing illegal trade in tarantulas and researchers’ laissez-faire attitudes about sourcing specimens for study. Top stories: tarantula poaching, a ‘geological Google,’ and fixing health care in Madagascar 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z There was some opposition to the tarantula hawk — one legislator reportedly sang a verse of “La Cucaracha” to advance his choice, the cockroach — but the parasitic wasp prevailed. Pennsylvania Honors the Snot Otter. It’s Not Even the Strangest State Animal. 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z A dinner plate-sized tarantula with a big appetite preyed on a young opossum during a recent hunt in the Amazon rainforest — and the horrifying encounter was caught on tape. Huge spider drags opossum across Amazon rainforest floor in haunting footage 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Char Hosea, who operates a booth there, fiddled with a smiling, tarantula doll she created. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The society will also prohibit the sale of the new blue tarantula at its annual exhibition, he said. This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But he insists they didn't smuggle the tarantulas out of Malaysia, saying their driver mailed the spiders to Europe. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Whatcom Humane Society Executive Director Laura Clark says the animal shelter received rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, mice, domestic rats, birds and a tarantula. More than 75 animals rescued from burning pet supply store 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z We like to go to the bug exhibit — my favorite bug is a tarantula. The Gill brothers of Freres Branchiaux would spend their D.C. dream day exploring new spots, with plenty of ice cream involved 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Back at Vogel Canyon, about 15 miles away, people wandered the fields looking for tarantulas. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “I personally think it’s good that the blue tarantula case got the attention that it did, because it ignited interest in this topic,” Mr. Henriques said. This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Those spiders can then easily be exported to North America, Pedro Cardoso and Caroline Fukushima, biologists at the University of Helsinki who study illegal trade in tarantulas and scorpions, wrote in an email. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z As we climbed deeper in the dark forest, halos of light illuminating our way, we faced only one real threat: running into a tarantula. In Colombia, adventures in former rebel strongholds 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z In an interview this year with Golf World, Kang mentioned wanting to buy a tarantula. How Tiger and Phil Could Have Made Their Pay-Per-View Match Meaningful 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Fried tarantula became popular with Cambodians when food became scarce under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Table for None: Why Do Certain Foods Turn You Off? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In February, the Journal of the British Tarantula Society published a paper describing a new species of tarantula, which was discovered in a national park in Sarawak, Malaysia. This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A female of the world's most recently named tarantula species has electric-blue legs and a creamy toffee body. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Even the dreaded tarantula is more of a gentle giant than a threat. Scared by Spiders? Get Over It! 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Later, inside her home, she meets her neighbor and fellow Darwinist, Thatcher Greenwood, surrounded by tarantulas in glass jars as a Venus flytrap “eats” her finger. ‘Unsheltered’ by Barbara Kingsolver blends fact and fiction 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In video from Aug. 22, five uniformed employees can be seen milling about the firelegged tarantula exhibit. Thieves stole 7,000 creepy insects and spiders from a museum. But why? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Security cameras around the pavilion recorded several people creeping out of the museum last week with plastic containers holding giant African mantises, bumblebee millipedes, warty glowspot roaches, tarantulas, dwarf and tiger hissers, and leopard geckos. $40,000 Insect and Lizard Theft Was an Inside Job, Police Say 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But its emergence also highlights a growing illegal trade in tarantulas and researchers' laissez-faire attitudes about dubious specimens. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z They say some of the insects, including a Mexican fireleg tarantula, have been returned. Police: Thieves stole over $40,000 in rare insects, reptiles 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The only problem: The Mexican red rump tarantula is a protected species. Mexico City restaurant busted over protected tarantula tacos 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Others, including many tarantula species, are restricted because they’re becoming rare in their home ranges. Thieves stole 7,000 creepy insects and spiders from a museum. But why? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Have baby tarantulas hatched in a potted cactus, making it explode, thereby shooting baby tarantulas all over the house? Spiders are your friends! 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z "Illegal tarantula collecting is a burgeoning problem worldwide," says tarantula expert Rick West of Sooke, Canada. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The greatest threat to the tarantula is loss and degradation of habitat brought about by the deforestation of the developing island nation, where they are already categorized as “endangered or critically endangered.” Endangered Sri Lanka tarantulas listing may reduces species 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The federal environmental protection agency said Tuesday it was alerted to the situation via social media and seized four tarantula corpses that were ready to be served up on tortillas. Mexico City restaurant busted over protected tarantula tacos 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Two tarantulas may be on the loose in a village after three of their babies were found abandoned in a car park. Two tarantulas may be on loose after babies found in Derbyshire car park 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z A newly discovered tarantula was recently named after Steele. One of the Deepest Caves in the World is Even Bigger Than We Thought 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z As a result, Cooper says, "The primary market for illegally collected or traded tarantulas is the EU." This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The venomous but docile tarantula is native to Mexican deserts and scrublands, and is named after its red-orange leg joints. A Tarantula Sheds its Skin in New Time-Lapse Video 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z She outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico. World’s Oldest Known Spider Dies at 43, With Lesson for Us 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The tarantula is thought to be the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eater, one of the world’s largest of the species with a leg span of up to 25cm. Two tarantulas may be on loose after babies found in Derbyshire car park 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The trapdoor matriarch comfortably outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico, according to a study published on Monday in the Pacific Conservation Biology Journal. World's oldest known spider dies at 43 after a quiet life underground 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Conservation of tarantulas and other spiders gets little attention from governments or advocacy groups, Cooper says. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z In 2011, shots of a tarantula in a studio were used in an episode about the jungle in Venezuela. BBC withdraws Human Planet over breach 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Other cases hold giant cave cockroaches, reddish poison dart frogs with creamy white stripes, two kinds of tarantulas, and thumb-sized green tree frogs. Audubon Zoo’s newest building turns day to night 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Experts said the missing tarantulas may not survive long in English weather. Two tarantulas may be on loose after babies found in Derbyshire car park 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It's as clear as a tarantula on an angel food cake. Mueller Files New Fraud Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z "Increased awareness of the problem might open up new opportunities" to address illegal tarantula trade, he says. This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “It might be hard to prove with a snake or a tarantula but who knows,” Wisch said. More college students seek emotional support animals 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z I got bitten by a tarantula that left me swollen, bruised and hallucinating for days, and almost crushed by a boa constrictor after Steve draped it around me for a photo. Poison pass: the man who became immune to snake venom 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z “I would walk around campus like this little tarantula.” Ceramic artist Dora De Larios on shaping her own path by melding the Mexican, Japanese and Modern 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z "Say," he says, "whada you think the boss wants now? A crowd o' tarantulas? I ain't no tarantula hound. And I don't know no tarantulas! Can you beat it!" 100 years ago, Charlie Chaplin began work in his new studio 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z His mother Babs told the hearing he kept 10 snakes and 12 tarantulas in his room at the family home. Snake owner killed by his own pet python 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z As well as Tiny, his bedroom was home to another nine snakes and 12 tarantulas. Python owner was killed by his 8ft-long pet, coroner rules 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z They have the goats, along with 15 chickens, about 10 ducks, two sheep, five snakes, six lizards, two tortoises, a frog and a tarantula. Goatgrams: Flower delivery service’s goats eat the bouquet 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Cash chronicles the fight as a parasitic tarantula hawk wasp attempts to sting a tarantula in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. Watch the 6 Most Gripping Animal Battles of 2017 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z He is best known in Westminster for keeping a tarantula called Cronus in a glass box on his desk, seemingly to intimidate MPs who have stepped out of line. MP's call for troops to kill UK jihadists is illegal and immoral, say critics 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The wasp, which is parasitic, was attacking the tarantula in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Watch: Wasp Vs. Tarantula, Explained By a Nine-Year-Old 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z He's the Tory enforcer who kept a tarantula on his desk and joked about using a "sharpened carrot" to get his way. Profile: Who is Gavin Williamson? 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The tarantula genome was even worse—twice as large and even richer in duplicated regions. Spider genes put a new spin on arachnids’ potent venoms, stunning silks, and surprising history 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z In the western desert tarantula, the male weaves a sperm pouch and uses syringe-like parts of appendages near his mouth to place it in a pouch in the female’s abdomen. Sneaky Animal Sex—Are They or Aren’t They? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Another arranged for a live tarantula flown in from Africa to be served as a meal. 12 Shocking Things I Learned by Working as a Butler at the Plaza Hotel 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Live Tarantula feedings Volunteers conduct tarantula feeding demonstrations, work with live insects that visitors can touch and hold, and answer questions about the Insect Zoo. D.C. community calendar, July 27-Aug. 2, 2017 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Without a strong exoskeleton, the male tarantula protects himself females with spines on its front legs. Watch Baboon Spiders Mate in Rare Video 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z A woman dressed as Little Bo Peep stuffs a tarantula in her mouth, then plays harmonica. 'The Gong Show' reboots and 'Boy Band' dances to distract in a new era of tumult 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z This behavior is the same for all tarantula species, says Shakara Maggitt, entomologist at the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Program. Sneaky Animal Sex—Are They or Aren’t They? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z A woman stuffs a live tarantula in her mouth. Review | ABC revives ‘The Gong Show,’ but does it still work in a world rife with amateurs? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Huntsman spiders are often confused with tarantulas, but they belong to a different family called Sparassidea, which exist throughout the world. Watch a Giant Spider Devour a Cricket on a Man's Hand 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The Canadian wildlife biology student was surprised when the smaller of the tarantulas started drumming, or tapping its legs with increasing frequency. Watch Baboon Spiders Mate in Rare Video 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z For most people the idea of chewing on a caterpillar or tucking in to a tarantula is pretty unpalatable, to put it mildly. Caterpillar farms: Growing the food of the future? - BBC News 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But he found himself instead as a research biologist, milking venom from tarantulas. Professor working on identifying fly spit at crime scenes 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z With their striking patterns and colors, the Sri Lanka tarantulas are prized within the captive-pet trade. Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Then they were asked to approach a live tarantula in a cage. For Better Talk Therapy, Try Napping 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z “And I’m about to enter the sting zone with the tarantula hawk.” 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z On assignment in Mexico to round up Geronimo and his band, one officer got “ptomaine poisoning from a can of rancid Armour corned beef,” and another almost died of a tarantula bite. How Native Americans battled a brutal land grab by an expanding America 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “You see more and more life in this garden. I’ve seen tarantulas here. I’ve seen that big green insect. You see all kinds of worms, more and more organisms.” That’s a Lot of Rabbits 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The Sri Lankan tarantulas are also poisonous, using their venom to paralyze their prey, and bites to humans are painful but not life-threatening. Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But at a follow-up appointment a week later, the subjects were asked to approach the tarantula again. For Better Talk Therapy, Try Napping 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z In case it isn’t clear from Peterson’s reaction in the tarantula hawk video, he said that getting stung by it really, really hurt. 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z For voters on the fence who dislike Clinton and are wary of Trump, this election is like the game of “would you rather” — would you rather eat a slug or a tarantula? The Times recommends: Hillary Clinton, the only choice for president 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “I don’t think the average person is paying to have their tarantula cremated,” Mr. Fleming said, “but maybe they are.” New York Burial Plots Will Now Allow Four-Legged Companions 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Nocturnal, solitary and sedentary, tarantulas live concealed in wooded burrows and tree crevices in tropical and subtropical climates. Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z This curlyhair tarantula would rather not bite you—and even if it did, the sting is more mild than bee venom. Tarantulas, Killer Caterpillars, and the Most Misunderstood Bugs In the case of the tarantula hawk that wasn’t true; it hurt just as bad as advertised,” he said. 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Studies have shown that compounds from tarantula venom relieve pain better than morphine. Venomous Animals Kill in Horrible Ways—And Also Cure But those cuts, which are stacked high on tables or hanging whole from huge hooks, rub shoulders with smaller livestock: tarantulas, scorpions, grasshoppers and agave worms - some of which are still pink and wriggling. Grasshoppers - the new sushi? - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The tarantulas may be too creepy for their own good. Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Along with snakes, bears and tarantulas, she crossed paths with four mountain lions, the last one perched above her on a switchback near Mount Hood. Record-setting runner has set records on the Pacific Crest and Appalachian trails. What’s next? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He’s just been stung by a tarantula hawk, a giant wasp that is considered to have the second most painful sting of any insect. 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Other studies are showing that compounds from tarantula venom work better than morphine but don’t cause respiratory depression. Venomous Animals Kill in Horrible Ways—And Also Cure Up to 1,000 tarantulas may hatch, according to National Geographic. Watch your step! Tarantula love lures big spiders onto L.A. County hiking paths 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Vanessa Kauffman said listing the tarantulas would allow the agency to require permits for U.S. citizens seeking to import the spiders or buy or sell them across state lines. Tarantula fans fret over endangered listing 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z A Sonoran Desert toad chowed down on a tarantula recently in Arizona. Triumphant Tarantula Survives Being Eaten by Toad His encounter with the tarantula hawk – aptly named because it flies around tarantulas stalking and stinging them – has been watched over 13m times. 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z A swarm of giant, lava-breathing tarantulas are unleashed on Los Angeles following violent volcanic eruptions to remind us spiders are terrifying too. ‘Snakes on a Plane’ and our favorite monster mash-up movies 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Because females typically stay inside, if a hiker comes across a tarantula on a footpath, it’s probably a male on the lookout for a mate, experts say. Watch your step! Tarantula love lures big spiders onto L.A. County hiking paths 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z What about the tarantula hawk, a solitary wasp, whose sting is far more painful than that of a honeybee but leaves no lasting damage at all? The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He realized the toad was attempting to gulp down a live western desert tarantula. Triumphant Tarantula Survives Being Eaten by Toad “I’m Coyote Peterson,” our host tells us in the tarantula hawk video. 'Enter the sting zone': Coyote Peterson is on a mission to be attacked by insects 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Part of the problem is that male Montserrat tarantulas live for about 2.5 years at the most, whereas the females live much longer and develop much more slowly. Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in captivity - BBC News 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z While female tarantulas can live for up to 25 years, the average lifespan of the male is only seven or eight years, so their annual chances to spread their genes is limited. Watch your step! Tarantula love lures big spiders onto L.A. County hiking paths 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Meeting a wild tarantula hawk, which is as visually pleasing as it is mysterious, I could understand why Schmidt talks about stings in the language of aesthetics, like a connoisseur. The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It appeared the tarantula was trying to bite its captor from the inside. Triumphant Tarantula Survives Being Eaten by Toad Around 400 animals are kept at his lab in Kent, including about 70 species of tarantula and 30 species of scorpion. Spiders and scorpions join fight against superbugs 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z "We try to avoid that perception about dangerous, poisonous or horrible species," said the zoo keeper, who opened his Montserrat tarantula shipment at home with his children. Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in captivity - BBC News 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Another day, a large, hairy tarantula was killed inches from the door of the longhouse. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z What those solitary insects did have — and their contemporary descendants, like tarantula hawks, still have — was a powerfully painful sting, which functioned defensively by inflicting pain on predators. The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The tarantula escaped with two injured legs—but may be able to survive, experts say. Triumphant Tarantula Survives Being Eaten by Toad Kankuamo marquezi’s derrière defenses are different enough that they not only classify the spider as a new species of tarantula, but also a new genus as well, which is the next classification up in taxonomy. Don’t Get on the Wrong Side of This New Tarantula 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z They noticed that the brown-black tarantula is covered in rust-colored bristles, including an unusual oval patch of sharp-tipped barbs. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists A naturalist views a tarantula hawk, a wasp with a four-inch wing span. The Worst Places to be Stung? Ask This Guy The sting of the tarantula hawk is, in pain terms, the sting of stings. The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z After getting poked with both tarantula fangs and bristles, the toad opened its mouth to release its prey. Triumphant Tarantula Survives Being Eaten by Toad The sight of tarantulas scurrying through the cabin on a recent Canada-bound flight left passengers screaming and standing on their seats, as flight attendants warned them to keep their ankles covered. Aggressive spiders cause panic on Canada-bound plane 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The researchers found the new tarantula on an expedition to catalog spider biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria region of Colombia. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists Tarantula hawk wasps have major stings because they take tarantulas on which they lay their eggs which will hatch out and eat the hairy host. The Worst Places to be Stung? Ask This Guy His sincere advice for people stung by a tarantula hawk is to lie down and scream. The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “He is a fantastic evolutionary biologist and a strong advocate for biodiversity research, so it seemed fitting to name this tarantula after him,” Hendrixson wrote in an email. Virginia Tech bug man is ‘always looking at the ground’ 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z “The animals were hungry, dehydrated, injured, and frightened. Some of us were bitten, stung, even sprayed in the face by tarantulas. It was extremely difficult. We worked day and night for over ten days.” The World Has a Chance to Make the Wild Animal Trade More Humane 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Most tarantulas face their potential enemies while rubbing their hind legs over their abdomens. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists European wolf spiders found near the Italian city of Taranto were the first to be called tarantulas. Tarantula fun facts: Big spiders are delicate critters 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “There they are!” he exclaimed, as we approached a group of tarantula hawks buzzing around a leafless milkweed plant on Schmidt’s patio. The Connoisseur of Pain 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A tarantula named after singer Johnny Cash is among 14 new species identified by scientists who spent a decade collecting the hairy spiders and studying nearly 3,000 of them. New tarantula species named after singer Johnny Cash 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Put meteor strike on the list that includes lightning strike, tarantula bite, and sharknado storm. A Meteor Killed a Guy, but Here's Why You're Not Next 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z For the researchers, the odd bristles alone pointed to not just a new species of tarantula, but a new genus. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists American tarantulas’ hair is more dangerous to people than their bites. Tarantula fun facts: Big spiders are delicate critters 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z "I like to call myself a tarantula ambassador," says Anette Pillau, a personal assistant in the Los Angeles area who collected more than 20 tarantulas for the project in her spare time. New 'Johnny Cash' Tarantula Uproots Spider Family Tree Chris Hamilton and colleagues from Auburn University and Millsaps College collected nearly 1,500 spiders from the 12 states where tarantulas live, and about 300 sent by the public. New tarantula species named after singer Johnny Cash 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Related: Life ain't easy for a spider named Johnny Cash This week, taxonomists have walked this line in the journal ZooKeys, naming a new species of tarantula after singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Pop star species from the Johnny Cash spider to the Beyoncé horsefly 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The team noticed that the rust-colored barbs on a tarantula found near Colombia’s Caribbean coast formed a pattern that looked nothing like the hairs found on other tarantulas. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists It was one of 14 new tarantula species found in the US, all members of the Aphonopelma family. Life ain't easy for a spider named Johnny Cash 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z A challenging, years-long survey has uncovered 14 new species of U.S. tarantula, including one named after Johnny Cash. New 'Johnny Cash' Tarantula Uproots Spider Family Tree One of dozens of tarantula genera, this group was previously considered to include more than 50 separate species. Black tarantula named after Johnny Cash - BBC News 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z And you’ve got all kinds of other venomous animals - tarantulas, Gila monsters, killer bees—and hundreds of miles of empty landscape. An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “There are currently around a thousand known species of tarantula, but there’s probably at least as many that haven’t been described” says Gustavo Hormiga, a spider expert at George Washington University. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists Hamilton stressed that despite their fearsome appearance, US tarantulas were harmless. Life ain't easy for a spider named Johnny Cash 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Despite the fact that Aphonopelma tarantulas are fairly well known as a group, museum curators like Cushing “groan when we receive specimens,” she wrote, because it’s so hard to identify individual species. New 'Johnny Cash' Tarantula Uproots Spider Family Tree They then mapped blueness onto that evolutionary tree, based on a bank of tarantula snaps scoured from the internet. Tarantulas evolved blue colour 'at least eight times' - BBC News 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Green colors, despite this spider’s name, rarely occur in tarantulas. Science Still Can't Explain Why These Tarantulas Are Blue 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In the new tarantula, however, the barbs point in the same direction as the bristle tip. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists In total, the scientists looked at nearly 3,000 specimens – the most comprehensive taxonomic tarantula study ever conducted. Life ain't easy for a spider named Johnny Cash 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Figuring out how tarantulas pull this off might lead to less energy-intensive wide-angle displays for phones and computers. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z It may be that this colour helps conceal the critters from their prey while they hunt at night; or perhaps it serves as a warning to stop the tarantulas themselves being eaten. Tarantulas evolved blue colour 'at least eight times' - BBC News 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z We slowed near an abandoned farmhouse favored by pallid bats, which scoop the tarantulas and scorpions and Jerusalem crickets up off the ground and eat them, discarding the legs and tails.* An Encounter with the Giant Kangaroo Rat 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Also found in the vehicle was a non-venomous snake in a crate, six tarantulas and one bullfrog, all later taken to Austin Reptile Rescue, police said. Texas man committed suicide using venomous snake, authorities say 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Their findings, published in the journal ZooKeys, revealed 29 US tarantula species, 14 of which were new to science. Life ain't easy for a spider named Johnny Cash 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z At least 40 species of tarantulas come in shades of blue. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z That is the conclusion of a study by US biologists, exploring how the colour is created in different tarantula species. Tarantulas evolved blue colour 'at least eight times' - BBC News 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “A giant tarantula was looking down at me,” she continued. 2 globe-trotting college professors bring world to class 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z We slowed near an abandoned farmhouse favored by palate bats, which scoop the tarantulas and scorpions and Jerusalem crickets up off the ground and eat them, discarding the legs and tails. An Encounter with the Giant Kangaroo Rat 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z But Hochberg says that unlike the fictional insect, his tarantula doesn’t respond when called. Missing tarantula not dangerous, prof says, but it can bite 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Researchers don't know why so many species look this cool, but it probably doesn't help tarantulas find mates. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Miss Miles took the tarantula - the third largest spider species in the world - to recuperate at a local reptile rescue centre. Bristol man shocked to receive 'semi-aggressive' tarantula in post - BBC News 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z When people searched Thompson’s car they found another snake, six tarantulas and a bullfrog. Cobra believed to have bitten, killed man found dead 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Also found in the vehicle was a non-venomous snake in a crate, six tarantulas and one bullfrog, all of which were taken to Austin Reptile Rescue, police said. Texas man dies of apparent snake bite, his pet cobra is missing 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z He’s not sure if the tarantula is still alive. Missing tarantula not dangerous, prof says, but it can bite 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z All scientists can say right now is that this color probably serves an important purpose for these tarantulas. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The family woke up to the cries of howler monkeys, took morning bird-watching walks and ended the day with night hikes, where they spotted snakes and tarantulas. The Perfect Adventurous (But-Not-Too-Much) Family Vacation 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Our fascination with all manner of fauna might explain why people adopt such a wide range of animal life, from tarantulas to salamanders. Why Do We Have Pets? 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z And now for the most terrifying science news of the day: a new study shows that tarantulas move faster in warmer weather. Spiders Run Faster in Warm Weather, Study Shows 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z A poster offering a reward for the live capture of the tarantula says it was last seen in a wall vent. Missing tarantula not dangerous, prof says, but it can bite 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z By producing synthetic structures that mimic tarantula hairs, the researchers think they could figure out how these arachnids reduce the iridescent effect that's typical of most animals' structural colors. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z As unnerving as it may be for some, the scuttling movement of tarantulas is a rather impressive feat. Spider speed increases as temperature rises 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The spiders eaten in Cambodia are Thai zebra tarantulas, called “apin” in the Khmer language. Hungry? How about a nice tarantula? 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Snakes, small mammals, and fat, furry tarantulas live in the fissures and holes in the karst, as do toads, including one species that is not yet fully known to science. In Search of Hispaniola’s Mystery Toad 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z With no snakes, tarantulas or other natural predators to curb the population, the frogs proliferated, and state officials fear the little gray-brown amphibians will upset Hawaii's delicate ecosystems by devouring insects vital to pollination. Tiny coqui frog becomes a big problem in Hawaii 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z "If we can figure out how tarantulas achieve that, it will solve one of the biggest constraints for structural color applications," Hsiung says. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z But if he got a remote-controlled tarantula for those endless meetings with equally cranky Hill people, he could get some payback. A holiday wish list for our friends in Washington, D.C. 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Yet with deforestation showing no sign of slowing and with the tarantulas’ habitat diminishing, this opportunity to counteract malnutrition may be lost. Hungry? How about a nice tarantula? 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z More exotic pests reaching Wales include bird-eating tarantulas and baboon spiders. Tarantulas part of high pest rate 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z When the eggs did hatch, the microscopic-sized baby tarantulas quickly spilled out of the grossly undersized container that housed them, filling the house with hundreds of the virtually undetectable crawlers. Animal shelter co-founder defends spiders’ lives 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z I would have killed for a tarantula as a child. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The mock battle, conducted amid volcanic shingle, furnace-like temperatures, rattle snakes, scorpions and tarantulas, represented an idealised vision of the marines’ speciality: intense, expeditionary warfare against clearly defined opponents. In the Californian desert, UK and US forces crave 'a crack at the headcutters' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z From bats to boas, owls to otters, rats to tarantulas, “Nocturne” celebrates some of the nighttime world’s most mysterious and misunderstood denizens. A Photographer's Guide to Nocturnal Life 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Their superiors bring them into management knowing that they couldn’t swat at a tarantula even if it were about to slay the CEO. Why Many Star Performers Are Wrong For Management Roles 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Though venomous, a tarantula bite isn’t known to be lethal, she said. Animal shelter co-founder defends spiders’ lives 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z That's why the publication of a blue tarantula study this Thanksgiving week, in Science Advances, feels fitting. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In 1894, men gathered in Chicago parks to watch centipedes and tarantulas fight to the death. One Man's Mission to Turn Tetris into a Spectator Sport 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z After I got over the initial shock of walking by four rattlesnakes and stepping over a tarantula in the desert, I realized night hiking was cooler, peaceful and I used more senses. Pacific Crest Trail speed-hiking champ looks back 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z With more than 800 types of tarantula, he said there were a number of criteria that judges were looking for, including how healthy the specimen was and whether the colours were right for that species. Top spiders compete in 'Crufts' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z As a student at Hastings High, she convinced her mother to allow her to raise a pair of tarantulas found in a batch of grocery store bananas by her sister’s then-boyfriend. Animal shelter co-founder defends spiders’ lives 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z In it, scientists show that despite the vividness of their coloration, the blues that tarantulas sport aren't all that iridescent, at least not to human eyes. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z And there, dotted all around, were a multitude of tarantulas. The man driven mad by spiders 2014-05-03T23:40:19Z This pink-bloom tarantula was another animal that caught the team's eyes. In pictures: Expedition to Ecuador 2014-02-24T02:37:54Z A recent experiment with Iberian tarantulas suggests that the reason may depend on an individual spider’s personality. Sexual Cannibal Spiders May Have Poor Impulse Control 2014-01-27T05:00:00Z Wanting to share some of her homework, she flipped open a page from her red spiral notebook, to her reflections about frogs and tarantulas. The Neediest Cases: Scourged by Fire, and Aiding a Sister Burned Even Worse 2013-12-20T03:33:26Z And that's intriguing news — even for people who don't think tarantulas are cute bundles of joy. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z "Like every city in the world, we have our problems, but, despite what the article says, there are not poisonous snakes and tarantulas roaming around the streets and falling from the trees. " Defiant Manaus mayor issues invitation to city's critics 2013-12-11T05:08:28Z This is a popular tarantula in the pet trade, but we would definitely prefer to discover it in the wild. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z For Iberian tarantulas, it seems that not all females are equally discerning. Sexual Cannibal Spiders May Have Poor Impulse Control 2014-01-27T05:00:00Z This exhibit draws on a wealth of dead bugs from the museum’s 200-year-old collection, as well as live beetles, millipedes and tarantulas. The Scan: Science Events: Math Games, Bugs and Cloud Machines 2013-07-29T16:55:56Z It's possible that tarantulas use this color to signal to prey or predators instead, but that's still a mystery. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z A new species of venomous tarantula has been discovered - and as spiders go it's pretty big! New spider as big as your face found 2013-04-04T15:34:18Z It is a large arboreal tarantula that had been sighted in Singapore before. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z Iberian tarantulas, which are a type of wolf spider, live in arid regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Sexual Cannibal Spiders May Have Poor Impulse Control 2014-01-27T05:00:00Z In Cambodia, a country in Asia, tarantulas are fried with garlic and salt and served to tourists in the town of Skuon. Pictures: Strange foods from around the world 2013-02-08T15:51:32Z To find out more about the "tarantula blue," researchers used different microscopy techniques to analyze tarantula hairs. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z It was tracked down in northern Sri Lanka, and it's thought to be one of several new species of tarantula discovered there. New spider as big as your face found 2013-04-04T15:34:18Z This leaves Mr. García to spend most of his days presenting the museum’s tarantulas and hawks at elementary schools. In the Garden: In Tucson, a Search for Fruit the Missionaries Knew 2012-11-21T23:41:36Z Like their teacher, Alagón's students are a cheerful and enthusiastic bunch that catch tarantulas with their bare hands in their spare time. Poison Nil: Snake and Scorpion Antivenoms Set for First Update in 60 Years 2012-10-11T12:15:00.187Z See live bugs such as a praying mantis, a giant tiger centipede, an emperor scorpion, a Chilean rosehair tarantula, an American millipede, beetles and lots of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Something to take your parents to ... 2012-03-09T16:34:44Z They found that although these species share a shade of blue, tarantulas don't use pigments to produce it. Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Surrounded by precious minerals, stuffed tarantulas and a sprawling anaconda skin pinned to the wall, he takes calls from men who work in the rowdy clandestine mines nearby and bring him the precious stones. Not Just Out of Africa: South America's 'Blood Diamond' Network 2012-08-20T23:35:31Z Think of crunchy fried tarantulas in Cambodia, or a plate of garlicky snails in France. Green Blog: In Shark Fin Soup, A Dash of Biodiversity 2012-08-09T19:11:03Z The pet tarantula in the closet is cared for by his wife; he says he last saw it a year ago. Understanding Brandon Marshall 2012-06-24T00:44:00Z As part of the therapy, the participants were taught about tarantulas and learned that their terror-causing beliefs about them were not true. Spider-Phobes May Get Quick Relief 2012-05-22T13:00:00Z In therapy, the participants learned about tarantulas in general and that their oversized fears of the creepy crawlies were just that. 2-Hour Therapy Cures Spider Phobia by Rewiring the Brain 2012-05-22T16:15:06.893Z Scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, and suchlike creatures have a good time in Yezd. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z One petition read: “The respondent insisted that his pet tarantula, Timmy, slept in a glass case next to the matrimonial bed,” even though his wife requested “that Timmy sleep elsewhere.” Divorce, British Style: Fault-Finding as Fine Art 2012-04-07T23:38:06Z “To awake in the morning, and find a large, healthy-looking tarantula squatting on your pillow, within ten inches of your nose, with his basilisk eyes fixed on yours, and apparently saying: ‘You’re awake, are you? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z "But after a two- or three-hour treatment, they were able to walk right up and touch or hold a tarantula," she said. Spider-Phobes May Get Quick Relief 2012-05-22T13:00:00Z "Some thought the tarantula was capable of planning something evil to purposefully hurt them." 2-Hour Therapy Cures Spider Phobia by Rewiring the Brain 2012-05-22T16:15:06.893Z Our cat always used to make a dart directly he saw any of these tarantulas, just to draw our attention to them, but he would never kill one. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z I first got acquainted with Mary when she was collecting tarantula holes. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z IN a workroom on the fifth floor of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, six tarantulas are about to undergo sensitivity training. ?Spiders Alive!? at the Natural History Museum 2012-03-14T23:54:37Z Some thought the tarantula was capable of planning something evil to purposefully hurt them. Spider-Phobes May Get Quick Relief 2012-05-22T13:00:00Z "I would teach them the tarantula is fragile and more interested in trying to hide herself," Hauner said. 2-Hour Therapy Cures Spider Phobia by Rewiring the Brain 2012-05-22T16:15:06.893Z The most famous of all spiders is the tarantula. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z When I met Mary first—the time she was collecting tarantula holes—we were on the gentle slopes of the lower foothills of the mountains. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z I had an embalmed tarantula and her porcelain-lined nest, and I desired to add to these the gray and airy house of the hornet. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Lizards are numerous, and insects swarm in the low parts, with tarantulas, scorpions and centipedes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Spiders' Silk Slippers Help Them Stick By all laws of physics, spiders as big and heavy as tarantulas shouldn't be able to climb walls or hang upside down—they should fall on their heads. The Year in Pictures 2011-12-22T19:11:37Z After the sight of all those asps and crocodiles, stuffed basilisks, tarantulas, and Indian armadilloes, there is not one of them would venture out into the country lanes without a prophylactic. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The big hairy tarantulas are very numerous there, although one rarely sees them because they mostly stay in their holes in daytime. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z Trot out th' tarantulas, copper heads, an' Gilas! Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The making of our beds did not cost much effort, but one had to guard against sand-burrs, cactus, tarantulas, rattlesnakes and centipedes. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Customs officials found 261 of the Mexican red-kneed tarantulas packed into individual plastic bags inside six boxes belonging to a Swiss man arriving from the Dominican Republic in August. | EUROPE: Switzerland: Spiders Can?t Sneak Past Customs 2011-10-20T03:29:04Z It was a tarantula, a venomous spider not considered harmful to humans. Els Sees a Lot of Life Left in His Game 2011-10-10T02:01:28Z There are tarantula hawks there too, enormous black and rusty-red wasps with wings stretching three inches from tip to tip. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z But the sudden leap of a bulldog or tarantula, and the corresponding vicious attack of these ants, is particularly appalling. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z He said: "I suppose all the houses in this latitude harbour tarantulas, centipedes, and similar things, but you must remember that you do not live alone as I do——" "Yes, I do!" Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z I could crack scorpions, bruise the heads of centipedes, laugh at earwigs, be delighted with ants, eat weevils, admire tarantulas, encourage spiders. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z This time, Darla said, the scariest incident was encountering a tarantula in Texas. Three groups riding with motivation 2011-08-17T18:38:35Z Scores of big black tarantulas racing about, hunting, and hundreds of beetles and things racing about, trying to keep from being eaten. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z On page 463, "Tarantula" was used as the name of a dance, but the author might have meant "Tarantella," which is the name of an Italian dance about tarantulas. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z They danced as if stung by a tarantula, swinging their rifles over their heads, round the dead bears, and imitated their roar in a remarkable manner. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The scorpions, centipedes and tarantulas seemed to be more objectionable; but they were quite as anxious to get away as we were, and it is wonderful how little damage is done. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Amongst the numerous spiders is the "tarantula," which is alarming, and its bite venomous, also another equally large grey spider, which is very pugnacious, and will jump up at you when disturbed. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The tarantula—but I must save that battle for another chapter all to itself. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z Fear, brother, is, for all the world, like your bite of a tarantula; there's no conquering its effects without music. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z Mrs Westbrook was in the act of lifting the vessel from its place when a large tarantula, which sprawled on the stopper, ran down her arm. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z They were tarantulas,—red, hairy creatures, larger than mice. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z He obtained the poison usually from three distinct sources, namely, the poison gland of the puffadder, the black tarantula, and the deadly euphorbia which grows in the river gorge. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z And now that the tarantula and serpent were dead, and the Skipper had come, and the lamp was again lighted, I seemed to have nothing more to worry about, and so I fainted. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z “It seemed almost too good to be true that morphologists working on tarantulas hadn’t already described this.” Tarantulas Shoot Silk From Their Feet 2011-05-24T18:31:00Z Your huge arms, so strong, so many, Like tarantula's antenn�_, Just like tenderest tripe, they say! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z I did not think Africa contained so many tarantulas as were then visible. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Now and then a hideously ugly man, with a yellow beard, comes to the ticket window and looks out like a tarantula from its hole, but in the main the place seems absolutely unfrequented. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z I took a second shot at the tarantula, and this time I was successful. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z When the researchers put wax on the tarantulas’ abdomens to block the spinnerets, silk didn’t show up on the vertical slides. Tarantulas Shoot Silk From Their Feet 2011-05-24T18:31:00Z Fish and Wildlife agents, conducting an investigation dubbed "Operation Spiderman" ordered more spiders from Koppler and were sent a total of five packages containing dozens of live and dead tarantulas, prosecutors say. German man gets prison in tarantula smuggling case 2011-05-16T20:46:09Z |
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