The good part is that pet tarantulas are fairly low-maintenance. What do people feed tarantulas? Most tarantulas like to feast on a steady diet of crickets and other insects. Places such as the ...

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The purpose of this act: a pre-prepared dinner. When the egg hatches, the larva burrows its way inside the spider's abdomen and begins feasting on the still-living tarantula. It begins by feeding on ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ...

Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in parts of the state, particularly in the southern tier of counties. The large, hairy spiders are ...

A pilot with a severe allergy to spiders was bitten mid-flight by a stowaway tarantula — forcing hours-long delays as the plane was fumigated after landing safely, according to reports.

A Smithsonian entomologist demonstrates how tarantulas feed by placing live crickets inches from their jaws. Ask Smithsonian: What Are the Weirdest Things Pregnant Women Crave? (01:19) Remembering ...