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Posted
01/11/12
Produced by: Knoxnews.com/Knoxville News Sentinel (Kentucky)
Partners: Smoky Mountains National Park

Overview

The spruce-fir moss spider is the world's small tarantula. The park is surveying for this critter, which is only 3 mm long, and lives under a specific species of moss that grows on boulders at the park's higher elevations.

Last updated: January 17, 2012