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Tarantula Spider

Genus species
AraneaeTheraphosidae
Order, Family and Description

Pet named Clara, this fine lady was a popular conversation topic at the Butterfly Lodge in Eastern Ecuador. Constructing her elegant silk funnel web at the entrance to the dinning room, this female tarantula spider usually moved extremely slowly and was protected by a coat of irritation causing hairs. Although most silk production utilized the cocoons of silk moths, man has experimented using spider silk in the past.

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