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Tarantulas can be purchased in [[Knockturn Alley]]. In [[1991]], [[Lee Jordan]] brought a [[Lee Jordan's tarantula|large tarantula]] in a box to [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]] just before the school year began and showed it off to his classmates, both to their horror and delight.
 
Tarantulas can be purchased in [[Knockturn Alley]]. In [[1991]], [[Lee Jordan]] brought a [[Lee Jordan's tarantula|large tarantula]] in a box to [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]] just before the school year began and showed it off to his classmates, both to their horror and delight.
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During his campaign to cause "hell" for [[Dolores Umbridge]], [[Peeves]] dropped a bag of these in the middle of the [[Great Hall]] during breakfast.<ref name="op30">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Chapter 30 - (''Grawp'')</ref>
   
 
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==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter: Trading Card Game]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter: Trading Card Game]]''
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''
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*[[Spider]]
 
*[[Acromantula]]
 
*[[Acromantula]]
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GiantTarantula

Tarantulas are large, hairy spiders, sharing many qualities to their smaller relatives. As typical arachnids, they have eight legs and eight eyes. they possess venomous (deadly to insects and mice, next to harmless to humans) fangs, and "feelers," pedipalps, on either side of these. To tell a tarantula (as well as trapdoors and other mygalomorphs) from araeneomorphs ("regular spiders"), look at the fangs. An araeneomorph's fangs point towards each other, while a mygalomorph's points down and in.

Tarantulas can be purchased in Knockturn Alley. In 1991, Lee Jordan brought a large tarantula in a box to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters just before the school year began and showed it off to his classmates, both to their horror and delight.

During his campaign to cause "hell" for Dolores Umbridge, Peeves dropped a bag of these in the middle of the Great Hall during breakfast.[1]

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