TARANTULA

Hairy creature

• Arachnophobe's nightmare

• Creepy crawler

• Creepy creature

• Fuzzy crawler

• Hairy arachnid

• Hairy crawler

• Hairy creepy crawler

• Hairy creepy-crawly

• Hairy critter

• Hairy spider

• Member of the genus Lycosa

• Name of Bob Dylan's first book of poetry, 1971

• Shot at natural enemy of the arachnophobe (9)

• Spider is natural at spinning (9)

• Large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites

• Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)