Tarantula

=**Tarantula**=

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Tarantulas have eight legs and are approximately eight inches long with pinchers located slightly above the main body. The main body is covered in a furry material. The underneath side of the spider is covered in a felt material. Its head is a small pompom that is furry. The legs are covered with channel pipe cleaners.

The tarantula is in pursuit of an insect. It crawls across the ground to catch it’s prey and then retreats to it’s home. The tarantula prefers to live in dry, well-drained soil. If the soil is suitable, the female digs a deep burrow which she lines with silk webbing. This helps prevent sand and dirt from trickling in. Otherwise, she hides in cracks in logs and under any loose-lying debris.
 * The Tarantula's Habitat**

The tarantula is a nocturnal hunter. It does not spin a web to capture its prey, but catches food it by speed. It will take virtually anything of the right size that moves within range, but feeds primarily on small insects like grasshoppers, beetles, sow bugs, other small spiders and sometimes small lizards. The tarantula strikes with its fangs, injecting venom and grasping the prey with its palps, arm like appendages between the mouth and legs. Then the tarantula grinds its victim into a ball, secretes digestive juices onto it, and sucks up the liquefied prey. It may also wrap the ball in silk for
 * Tarantula Behaviors**