Pamphobeteus spiders can reach very large sizes, with body lengths up to 3.78 inches and leg spans up to 9 inches. Euthycaelus species completely lack the urticating setae expected in New World ...

Airport officials recovered hundreds of tarantulas, over 100 centipedes and a few ants from a man attempting to smuggle them out of Peru. The man was identified as a 28-year-old from South Korea.

A bug smuggler was busted trying to leave Peru with 320 tarantulas strapped to his body — including dozens as big as a human hand, according to authorities. The 28-year-old Korean traveler was stopped ...

A tourist was arrested at an airport in Lima after trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and ants out of Peru, officials said. Photo from Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife Service A ...

LIMA, Peru — A South Korean national was arrested after authorities in Central America said they caught him trying to smuggle hundreds of critters out of Peru, according to a CNN report. They said the ...

A South Korean traveler tried leaving Peru with hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and ants strapped to his body, officials said. He was stopped at airport security and arrested. The 28-year-old man’s ...