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Tarantula
Order: Araneae
Family:	Theraphosidae - 123 genera, 931 species (per Wikipedia)
Some species on page:
Desert tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
Goliath tarantula (Theraphosa blondi)
Grammostola porteri
Tarantula
Tarantula
Tarantula
Tarantula and the Galápagos
Male approaching female
Tarantula dance
Tarantula
Tarantula and Bob
Tarantula close
Tarantula on shoe
Arachnophilia
Butt up
	
Hairy legs and all
	
	
Up close and personal
Stanford Dish loop
October, 2012
Why Darwin developed arachnaphobia
 
Camouflage
Close encounter
Bob and tarantula
          
Tarantula
Desert tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
The Stanford Dish
October 1, 2015
Canon 5Dmark2
                  
          
Tarantula
Desert tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
The Stanford Dish
October 1, 2015
Canon 5Dmark2
                  
          
Tarantula
Desert tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
The Stanford Dish
October 1, 2015
Olympus Tough
                  
Out of season
Tarantula
Handy tarantula
Dead tarantula
Tarantula hawk wasp
possibly Pepsis formosa
Stanford Dish
June 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
	
	
Grammostola porteri
Cachai?
Grammostola possibly Grammostola porteri
Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
Santiago, Chile
Goliath tarantula (Theraphosa blondi)
Goliath tarantula
 
 
  
Goliath tarantula
 
 
  
 
 
Misc
	
		
Tarantula
	
 
			
	
Aldea Nanacatli
	Family: Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
Near Xilitla
 
Mexico 
September 6, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
	
 
	
	
	
Tarantula hawk wasp with tarantula
 
	Family:  ()
 
	Family:  ()
Santa Maria Regla
 
Mexico 2022 
August 21, 2022
Olympus Tough TG-6
 
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Last modified: October 29, 2025
Renamed: August 15, 2015 (from ../animalz/tarantula.html)
Created: October 24, 2012
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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