A tarantula is any spider in the spider family Theraphosidae. The name was given originally to the wolf spider. The bite of the tarantula was once thought to cause a disease known as tarantism, in which the victim wept and skipped about before going into a wild dance. Tarantulas spin webs, but most catch their prey by pursuit.
Many tarantulas make burrows in soil.
They feed mainly at night on insects and occasionally eat small frogs, toads, and mice. The Warden told Mr. Sir that the lizards weren't hungry. Then a tarantula was walking by and a lizard jumped off Stanley and ate the tarantula. Tarantulas made their home at Camp Green Lake.