The tarantula hawks sting their prey and use the dead tarantula's body to lay an egg in. |
With first graders on hands and knees, eyes peeled on the tarantula at hand, Trevino goes into his spiel on the life and times of spiders and other creepy crawlers. |
We did see several tarantula hawks buzzing past our heads and running around on the ground. |
It may not be as easy to find a willing pet-sitter for a tarantula as it would be for a cute little kitten. |
The name derives from tarantula or tarentula, a spider venom diffused in southern Europe. |
The exhibit contains more than 13 species of birds, as well as acouchis, a Boa constrictor, a pair of slow-moving sloths, and a tarantula. |