Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

Whether they have those hooks or not is what will help you tell them apart,” she said. Tarantulas are often a solid brown color and its hairs are used as a defense mechanism. Crickets ...

When a tarantula feels threatened ... they are barbed and covered in microscopic hooks. Pretty cool. Once airborne, the hairs can embed themselves in the skin, eyes, or respiratory system of ...