Tarantula (disambiguation)

Tarantulas are a group of hairy and often very large spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae.

Tarantula may also refer to:

• Tarantulas (Transformers), a character in Beast Wars: Transformers
• Tarantula (Dylan book), a book of poetry by Bob Dylan
• Tarantula (novel), a crime novel by Thierry Jonquet
• Tarantula (DC Comics), the name of two different characters from DC Comics
• Tarantula (Marvel Comics), the name of a number of villains from Marvel Comics

• The Tarantula, a 1916 silent film
• Tarantula (film), a 1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold
• Tarantula (TV series), an American animated television series
• Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo, a 1977 horror film directed by Stuart Hagmann

• The Tarantulas, a surf guitar band
• Tarantula (band), a Portuguese heavy metal band
• Tarantulas Records, a record label

• Tarantula (Riverdales album)
• Tarantula (Ride album)
• Tarantula (Mystikal album)
• Tarántula, an album by Mónica Naranjo
• Tarantula (Flickerstick album)
• Tarantula (Tarantula album), 1987

• "Tarantula" (Faithless song)
• "Tarantula" (The Smashing Pumpkins song)
• "Tarantula" (Mystikal song)
• "Tarantula", a 1982 song by Colourbox
  • "Tarantula", a 1986 cover by This Mortal Coil on Filigree & Shadow
  • "Tarantula", a 2019 cover by Beck on Music Inspired By The Film Roma
• "Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt", a song by drum & bass band Pendulum
• "Tarantula", a song by The Aquabats on the album The Return of The Aquabats
• "Tarantula", a song by Bob Schneider on the album Lovely Creatures
• "Tarantula", a song by Gorillaz on the album Cracker Island

• Tarantula, a 1902 steam yacht converted into the World War I torpedo boat HMCS Tuna
• Tarantula, a 1913 steam yacht converted into a World War I patrol boat

• Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)

• Atypical tarantula, spiders of the family Atypidae
• Dwarf tarantula, spiders of the family Mecicobothriidae
• Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider native to Taranto, Italy
• Tarantella, a traditional dance associated with the spider
• Tarantism, a dancing mania associated with Lycosa tarantula and the tarantella