"Lycosa tarantula Lycosa tarantula is the species originally known as the tarantula, a name that nowadays commonly refers to spiders in another family entirely, the Theraphosidae. It now may be better called the tarantula wolf spider, being in the wolf spider family, the Lycosidae. ""L. tarantula"" is a large species found in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy and near the city of Taranto, from which it gets its name. Historical superstition has it that the spider's bite can produce severe symptoms called tarantism. These spiders are rather large, the females being as large as 30 mm"
"Galatina Galatina (Griko: , ""As Pètro""; Salentino: ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and ""comune"" in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. Among the most important cities in Salento, it is situated some south of the city of Lecce. In the neighbourhood is the small church of San Paolo. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called ""tarantati"" or ""pizzicati"" in the local dialect). Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce. Road"
"Notte della Taranta Night of Tarantula (""La Notte della Taranta"") is a music festival from Salento, Apulia, (Italy). The Night of Tarantula is focused on Pizzica, a popular folk genre in Apulia, and takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano. It gives great importance to the folk music tradition of Taranta and Pizzica, and it is a great resource for tourism in Apulia. The Festival tours around Salento, normally culminating in a gran finale concert in Melpignano in August, which lasts until late at night. It has been attended by"
"Patent and Trademark Office. Shams has acted against other bands with the word ""Tarantulas"" or ""Tarantula"" in their names, threatening legal action unless they change them. The Tarantulas The Tarantulas are a surf guitar / rockabilly / punk band. The Tarantulas Formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida, with Randy J Shams (also known as a film composer) on guitar and Chris Valentino on drums. In the early 1990s, guitarist Randy J was performing as a solo guitarist at local coffee houses and bars in Orlando. Chris Valentino, who was already gaining a reputation as an experienced percussionist and jazz drummer,"
"or symptomatic tarantella was danced solo by a victim of a ""Lycosa tarantula"" spider bite (not to be confused with what is commonly known as a tarantula today); it was agitated in character, lasted for hours or even up to days, and featured characteristic music. However, other forms of the dance were and still are couple dances usually either mimicking courtship or a sword fight. The confusion appears to arrive from the fact that the spiders, the condition, its sufferers ('tarantolati'), and the dances all have similar names to the city of Taranto. The dance originated in the Apulia region,"
"have the opportunity to play at the National Stadium. Team Zaryen Team Zaryen is a Haitian Amputee soccer team, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zaryen is the Creole word for ""Tarantula"". When asked why the tarantula was chosen to represent the soccer team the players give two answers. First because when a tarantula attacks, it pursues its enemy slowly and is deadly with just one bite. A tarantula is a spider known to carry on despite the loss of a leg and with the ability to regrow a lost limb. Another reason for the team mascot is because the tarantula has"
"an average of 120,000 spectators. This music festival, started in 1998, an initiative of several municipalities of the Salento, which sponsored this event. Every year it appoints a new musical director. Notte della Taranta Night of Tarantula (""La Notte della Taranta"") is a music festival from Salento, Apulia, (Italy). The Night of Tarantula is focused on Pizzica, a popular folk genre in Apulia, and takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano. It gives great importance to the folk music tradition of Taranta and Pizzica, and it is a great resource"
"Tarantella ' () is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music. The specific dance-name varies with every region, for instance ""tammurriata"" in Campania, ""pizzica"" in the Salento region, ""Sonu a ballu"" in Calabria. Tarantella is popular in Southern Italy and Argentina. The term may appear as ' in a linguistically masculine construction. In the Italian province of Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named ""tarantula"" after the region,"
"""Tarantos""), after the mythical hero Taras, while the Romans, who connected the city to Rome with an extension of the Appian way, called it Tarentum. The natural harbor at Taranto made it a logical home port for the Italian naval fleet before and during the First World War. During World War II, Taranto became famous as a consequence of the November 1940 British air attack on the Regia Marina naval base stationed here, which today is called the Battle of Taranto. Taranto is also the origin of the common name of the Tarantula spider family, Theraphosidae, even though strictly speaking"
"Province of Taranto The province of Taranto (; Tarantino: ; Salentino: ), previously known as the province of the Ionian, is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto. It has an area of , and a total population of 581,092 (2017). There are 29 ""comuni"" (singular: ""comune"") in the province, all of which are listed at comunes of the Province of Taranto. The coat of arms of the province contains a scorpion, which Pyrrhus is thought to have seen when looking down at Taranto. When Italy was unified, the province of Lecce"
"Team Zaryen Team Zaryen is a Haitian Amputee soccer team, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zaryen is the Creole word for ""Tarantula"". When asked why the tarantula was chosen to represent the soccer team the players give two answers. First because when a tarantula attacks, it pursues its enemy slowly and is deadly with just one bite. A tarantula is a spider known to carry on despite the loss of a leg and with the ability to regrow a lost limb. Another reason for the team mascot is because the tarantula has so many legs, much like the appearance of the"
"They are burrowers that live in the ground. Tarantulas are becoming increasingly popular as pets and some species are readily available in captivity. The spider originally bearing the name ""tarantula"" was ""Lycosa tarantula"", a species of wolf spider native to Mediterranean Europe. The name derived from that of the southern Italian town of Taranto. The term """"tarantula"""" subsequently was applied to almost any large, unfamiliar species of ground-dwelling spider, in particular to the Mygalomorphae and especially to the New World Theraphosidae. Compared to tarantulas, wolf spiders are not particularly large or hairy, so among English speakers in particular, the usage"
"Aphonopelma hollyi Aphonopelma hollyi, also known as the Lubbock gold tarantula, is considered by some sources to be a species of tarantula native to Texas in the United States. Described in 1995, the scientific name honors the 1950s rock-and-roll singer Buddy Holly. Other sources suggest spiders given this name are actually ""Aphonopelma hentzi"". The species was described in 1995, based on a single adult male specimen from Lubbock, Texas. The holotype (i.e. the specimen on which the description was based) has been lost. A 2016 monograph of the genus ""Aphonopelma"" in the United States suggests that the specimen was actually"
"compared to the Italian ones. Tarantino dialect Tarantino (Tarantino: ; ), spoken in the southeastern Italian region of Apulia, is a dialect of the Neapolitan language, most of whose speakers live in the Apulian city of Taranto. The dialect is also spoken by a few Italian immigrants in the United States, especially in California. The Tarantino dialect traces its origins into ancient times, when the territory was dominated by the Messapii. The colonisation by the Greeks founded Taranto not only as the capital of Magna Graecia but as a centre of poetry and theatre. The Greeks had left considerable influence"
"there are no members of Theraphosidae in the area. In ancient times, residents of the town of Taranto, upon being bitten by the large local Wolf Spider, ""Lycosa tarentula"", would promptly do a long vigorous dance like a Jig. This was done in order to sweat the venom out of their pores, even though the spider's venom was not fatal to humans. The frenetic dance became known as the Tarantella. In geology, Taranto gives its name to the Tarantian Age of the Pleistocene Epoch. Taranto faces the Ionian Sea. It is above sea level. It was built on a plain"
"The Tarantulas The Tarantulas are a surf guitar / rockabilly / punk band. The Tarantulas Formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida, with Randy J Shams (also known as a film composer) on guitar and Chris Valentino on drums. In the early 1990s, guitarist Randy J was performing as a solo guitarist at local coffee houses and bars in Orlando. Chris Valentino, who was already gaining a reputation as an experienced percussionist and jazz drummer, would sit in on drums and the two musicians would improvise on instrumentals during live shows. The experimental elements of the music gradually became a backdrop"
"roots in desert areas of northern Venezuela, in Paraguana. The entrance is often extended with webbing, sometimes resembling a funnel shape. These webs may protect the entrance from the harsh desert climate, also acting as a trap for insects. They can also be found near the city of Punto Fijo in towns and rural places. In captivity, this tarantula regularly renews the webbing of its burrow, commonly filling the entire container. It feeds frequently and is a fast-grower. While many are skittish and nervous, some individuals are calm and docile, though running very quickly when disturbed. For this reason it"
"spider had lent the name ""tarantula"" to an unrelated family of spiders, having been the species associated with Taranto, but since ""L. tarantula"" is not inherently deadly, the highly venomous Mediterranean black widow, ""Latrodectus tredecimguttatus"", may have been the species originally associated with Taranto's manual grain harvest. The Balanchine ballet ""Tarantella"" is set to the ""Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra"", Op. 67 (ca. 1866) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay. The profusion of steps and the quick changes of direction that this brief but explosive pas de deux requires typify the ways in which Balanchine"
"Tarantula (film) Tarantula is a 1955 American black-and-white science fiction giant monster film from Universal-International, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold, that stars John Agar, Mara Corday, and Leo G. Carroll. The screenplay by Robert M. Fresco and Martin Berkeley was based on a story by Arnold, which was in turn inspired by Fresco's teleplay for the 1955 ""Science Fiction Theatre"" episode, ""No Food for Thought"", that Arnold also directed. A severely deformed man stumbles through the Arizona desert, falls and dies. Dr. Matt Hastings, a doctor from the nearby town of Desert Rock, is called in by"
"its young. Once the larvae hatch they will feed on the alive but paralyzed tarantula until it dies. Phormictopus cancerides Phormictopus cancerides, known as the Hispaniolan giant tarantula, is a tarantula native to the Dominican Republic, where it is called ""cacata""; Haiti, where it is called ""araignée-crab""; and Cuba, where it is rare. It occurs from the West Indies to Brazil. During the day they hide under rocks and debris and come out at night to look for prey. Their fangs are quite formidable at more than 2 centimeters long, and when they pierce the body of its prey, venom"
"Black Belly of the Tarantula The Black Belly of the Tarantula is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Paolo Cavara. It is one of many Italian giallo films to be inspired by Dario Argento's successful debut thriller ""The Bird with the Crystal Plumage"". The film was shot on location in Rome, Italy in 1970. It starred Giancarlo Giannini, Barbara Bouchet and Barbara Bach. Ennio Morricone did the music score for the film. Though fairly obscure for many years the film has recently made a comeback thanks to the rising fan base for the giallo genre. The film has gained"
"Taranto Taranto (, ; ; ) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. It is the third-largest continental city of Southern Italy. According to 2011 population census, it then had a population of 200,154. Taranto is an important commercial and military port with well-developed steel and iron foundries, oil refineries, chemical works, naval shipyards, and food-processing factories. In ancient times around 500 BC the city was one of the largest in the world with population estimates"
"contain little flesh, while the head and body have ""a delicate white meat inside"". There are certainly those who might not enjoy the abdomen, however, as it contains a brown paste consisting of organs, possibly eggs, and excrement. Some call it a delicacy while others recommend not eating it. In Mexico, tarantulas have been offered in tacos, with a splash of guacamole . However, Mexican authorities stopped this restaurant from selling them, because they are a protected species. Fried spider Fried spider is a regional delicacy in Cambodia. In the Cambodian town of Skuon (Cheung Prey, Kampong Cham Province), the"
"Tito & Tarantula Tito & Tarantula is an American chicano rock/blues rock band formed in Hollywood California in 1992 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tito Larriva. The band is best known for its songs, ""After Dark"", ""Back to the House That Love Built"", ""Strange Face of Love"", and ""Angry Cockroaches"", as well as for its role in Robert Rodriguez's film ""From Dusk till Dawn"" as the band performing at the ""Titty Twister"" nightclub. ""After Dark"" was the track played during Salma Hayek's iconic exotic dance scene in that film, and later became the theme for """". Tito Larriva was born in Ciudad Juárez,"
"Bumba (spider) Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising only four known species, including one named after John Lennon. Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats. The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando Pérez-Miles under the name ""Iracema""; however this name was already in use for a genus of freshwater fish, so in 2005, Pérez-Miles proposed the replacement name ""Maraca"". However, this too was already in use (for a species of cockroach) and in 2014 the replacement name ""Bumba"""
"Phormictopus cancerides Phormictopus cancerides, known as the Hispaniolan giant tarantula, is a tarantula native to the Dominican Republic, where it is called ""cacata""; Haiti, where it is called ""araignée-crab""; and Cuba, where it is rare. It occurs from the West Indies to Brazil. During the day they hide under rocks and debris and come out at night to look for prey. Their fangs are quite formidable at more than 2 centimeters long, and when they pierce the body of its prey, venom is injected which paralyzes and breaks down the internal body tissue, allowing the tarantula to suck up the"
"of insects and reptiles. Lasiodora klugi The Lasiodora klugi (also known as the Bahia scarlet) is a tarantula endemic to Brazil. Its common name refers to the state of Bahia. The species grows from 8 to 10 inches in size and looks similar to ""Lasiodora parahybana"". ""L. klugi"" however has darker red hairs on its abdomen and has a heavier and thicker build than ""L. parahybana"". L. klugi is more on the defensive and aggressive side whereas L. parahybana is a bit more skittish and tolerant. Like L. parahybana, L. klugi is an active and fast growing tarantula species that"
"Otranto Otranto () (Salentino: ; Griko: , ; ; ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is located on the east coast of the Salento peninsula. The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. The harbour is small and has little trade. The lighthouse ""Faro della Palascìa"", at approximately southeast of Otranto, marks the most easterly point of the Italian mainland. About south lies the promontory"
"was put forward by Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio. The genus name, ""Bumba"", refers to Brazilian folk theater; in the Northern Brazilian region where the spiders are found, there is a festival called Boi-bumbá, or ""beat my bull"". , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Bumba (spider) Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising only four known species, including one named after John Lennon. Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats. The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando"
"tarsi and metatarsi. Idiothele mira Idiothele mira, also known as the Blue-foot Baboon or the Trap-door Tarantula, is a species of tarantula endemic to South Africa and is popularized by hobbyists for the striking blue coloration on the ventral side of the tarsi and metatarsi on each leg. Furthermore, the species is well known for belonging to one of two described genera of Theraphosids that build a trapdoor, the other being ""Typhochlaena"". ""Idiothele mira"" is a small species, mature females reaching 4.5 inches in diagonal leg span and is very reclusive, rarely leaving its burrow, usually only for mating purposes."
"Lasiodora parahybana Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the third largest tarantula in the world (behind ""Theraphosa blondi"" and ""Theraphosa apophysis""; however, the largest spider in terms of leg-span is the giant huntsman spider). It was discovered and described in 1917 by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, in Paraíba, where the tarantula is endemic. They are popular pets in the tarantula hobby due to their large size and readiness to breed. They are also considered to be 'docile'. The salmon"
"""Mexican Sky"". Tito & Tarantula Tito & Tarantula is an American chicano rock/blues rock band formed in Hollywood California in 1992 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tito Larriva. The band is best known for its songs, ""After Dark"", ""Back to the House That Love Built"", ""Strange Face of Love"", and ""Angry Cockroaches"", as well as for its role in Robert Rodriguez's film ""From Dusk till Dawn"" as the band performing at the ""Titty Twister"" nightclub. ""After Dark"" was the track played during Salma Hayek's iconic exotic dance scene in that film, and later became the theme for """". Tito Larriva was born in"
"pet trade in Brazil. Pterinopelma sazimai Pterinopelma sazimai is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae). It is known as the Brazilian Blue or Sazima's Tarantula. Iridescent blue in color, ""P. sazimai"" is native to an ecological island within the Chapada Diamantina National Park in Bahia, Brazil. In 2012, it became the first Brazilian species to appear on the International Institute for Species Exploration's Top 10 New Species list. The specific epithet ""sazimai"" honors Dr. Ivan Sazima, a Brazilian zoologist who was the first to collect exemplars of the species. This species is endangered due to the destruction of its habitat"