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Tarantulas rear up on their back legs when they are annoyed, giving plenty of warning to humans, he said. "They're really pretty neat critters," he said. "They're the largest spider in Kansas ...

The white knee has white stripes on each of its legs. “The white knee tarantulas are pretty,” said Gabriella Luke, who created a home in a terrarium for her tarantula, which she named Margaret.