Desert tarantula
An adult desert tarantula (Aphonopelma species) walking in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
© Bryan and Wendy Mullennix—Verve+/Getty Images
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Description of the use of spider combs.
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Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen String Quartet/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Time-lapse video of a spider building a web, devouring it, and building a new one.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Spiders are the planet's top predators.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about wildlife of the Amazon Rainforest, including macaws, toucans, tyrant flycatchers, capybaras, tapirs, sloths, squirrel monkeys, red howler monkeys, jaguars, caimans, anacondas, tarantulas, leaf-cutter ants, scarlet ibis, and black skimmers.
