D first time i heard 'tarantula' was when American rapper, Mystical named his album 'Tarantula'. I'v been seeing this creatures in my house, i dnt know if they'r dwelling in d ceiling. Check out the size as compared to a match box. It looks like a mixture of spider & a crab.......Lalasticlala & Seun, is it tarantula?

First, any eight-legged creepy is not an insect. They belong to the class known as arachnids. They arachnid you killed is not a tarantula because tarantulas are hairy. But I can bet my last dime that this one you killed is very poisonous.

Ganjafama:
First, any eight-legged creepy is not an insect. They belong to the class known as arachnids. They arachnid you killed is not a tarantula because tarantulas are hairy. But I can bet my last dime that this one you killed is very poisonous.

You would lose the bet.


That is an amblypygi, an African whip spider with adapted front legs to form claws used in tearing its meal. It is completely nonpoisonous. It has no venom whatsoever. However it can grab your fingers if provoked leading to small needle like injuries.


And no op, its not a tarantula.

Quite scary. You need to fumigate your house periodically, you never know what is hiding where.

You can do it yourself, get a snipper or Nopest insecticide, dilute with kerosene (or water but kero is more effective), pour the mixture in a spray can (old perfume spreys will do) and spray all corners of your house. Stay off the house for min 8hrs.

that is a tailess whip scopion


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Tailless whip scorpions look at first glance like spiders. The first appendages (pedipalps) are modified for grasping prey, with hook-like projections. The first true pair of legs is modified to serve as “feelers,” and are long, delicate, and whip-like, with many fine hairs.
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Tailless whip scorpions are reclusive predators of insects. They hunt nocturnally, using their long, delicate first pair of legs to find their food. The spined pedipalps impale and crush the prey and then transfer it to the chelicerae (jaws). Tailless whip-scorpions can only pinch their prey; they lack venom glands.

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Their relation, the whip scorpion have a life pattern similar to the true scorpions, but they do not possess a poisonous sting. Their flat body enables them to squeeze into extremely narrow cracks and crevices, where they prey on small arthropods and worms. A few of the larger species also attack small vertebrates, especially frogs. The palps are developed into strong pincers equipped with sharp teeth and spines, which are used for catching and crushing prey. The first pair of legs are generally much longer and thinner than the other three pairs, and may have more a tactile function rather than walking. The species shown opposite belongs to the family Theliphonidae, whose members have a characteristic long, thread-like tail.

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The tail, which bears numerous fine hairs, has only a sensory function, but can be waved about in a whip-like manner - hence the common name. Although whip scorpions are not venomous, some species defend themselves by squirting an acrid fluid from defence glands situated at the base of the tail. n the other families of the order, the tail is much reduced or absent altogether - these forms are sometimes called whip spiders, rather than whip scorpions.

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The group as a whole is largely confined to the tropics and sub-tropics, but nevertheless widely distributed with representatives found in China, Japan, India and other parts of Southern Asia, the greater part of Africa, and in Central and South America.

ikorodureporta:
D first time i heard 'tarantula' was when American rapper, Mystical named his album 'Tarantula'. I'v been seeing this creatures in my house, i dnt know if they'r dwelling in d ceiling. Check out the size as compared to a match box. It looks like a mixture of spider & a crab.......Lalasticlala & Seun, is it tarantula?

Like the second and fourth posters said, it is amblypygi also known as tailless whip scorpion

i hav seen it around and i think its a species of spider