American Fork Citizen | 1920-01-31 | Page 2 | European Tarantula

European Tarantula. An eminent authority In such matters, mat-ters, In remarking that tho turuntuhi Is n spider, soys of that terrifying creaturo that It Is tho I.ycosu Tarantula, Taran-tula, a species of spider found In some of tho warmer parts of Italy and Spain. When full grown It Is about the size of n chestnut and of n brown color. Its bite was at one time supposed sup-posed to be dangerous nnd to Induce n kind of "dancing disease," but now It Is known not to be worse than tho sting of a common wasp. It Is an old fable, extending to remotest re-motest times, thnt tho bite of this spider spi-der would produce epilepsy or n strange dancing mania In Its victims and that this epilepsy or madness could be relieved only by n particular kind of music. The tnrnnlula of Itnly and Spain and It Is found In those countries today bus hairy legs with block markings on them.