The Official "Tarantula Thread"

[joshn569]

Lets see who else has spiders...

[Bick]

[Grampa]

squish

[NoisyDante]

What kind is that?  I got some urticating hairs in my hand from a brown tarantula when i was in Puerto Rico a couple years ago, that was not fun.

[teddy037.2]

Pendulum - Tarantula Live @ Brixton Academy

[DRKWNG]

^ I saw NIN at that venue, back in 2000.   

[brimo]

[Porsche Monkey]

Wow bad memories 

[ID_DUC_MON]

ICK! I will say, they help keep the bug population down. I was stationed in southern New Mexico in the Army. I remember the tarantula migrations. I still shiver when I think about seeing the road moving in front of me and realizing it was a herd (if that is the correct term) of big hairy spiders moving across the road.  Took three hours in the car wash to get the bits and pieces from the underside of my car 

[VisceralReaction]

OH look what a cuddley pet, my what big fangs you have.
Got to list that on me short list of "No way in hell" 

[SacDuc]

One of the coolest things I've ever seen is a Tarantula Hawk Wasp attack a Tarantula. At the time I had no idea what I just saw. But I learned that pregnant THWs will hunt down and sting a tarantula. The sting paralyzes the spider and the THW drags it back to its den and lays her eggs on top of it. Three days later they hatch and feast on the still living still paralyzed spider. Other than to provide their young a first meal they do not prey on tarantulas.

[Triple J]

Got to list that on me short list of "No way in hell" 

+1

Spiders are creepy. The creepiness increases with their size and hairyness. 

[Grampa]

+1

Spiders are creepy. The creepiness increases with their size and hairyness. 

again I say


squish

[NoisyDante]

I remember the tarantula migrations. I still shiver when I think about seeing the road moving in front of me and realizing it was a herd (if that is the correct term) of big hairy spiders moving across the road.  Took three hours in the car wash to get the bits and pieces from the underside of my car 

  That's the worst roadkill I could ever imagine!  I'd gladly pay a fortune if that's what it took to fully clean out all the legs and gunk.

[Speedbag]

  That's the worst roadkill I could ever imagine!  I'd gladly pay a fortune if that's what it took to fully clean out all the legs and gunk.

Probably very similar to a freak mass frog migration I had to drive through on a back road one hot summer night years ago.

Ewwwww.