Not the gigantic ones in the barn but the other ones that are crawling all over the place?
2007-07-06 09:20:27 · 9 answers · asked by Chrissy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Those would be the famous Rubber Spiders.
2007-07-06 09:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not based upon a 'genuine' spider. The film used different species of spider. One was harmless, one will hurt if it bites. The following I found by Googling "Which spiders were in Arachnophobia": "The small spiders used in the film were Avondale spiders (Delena Cancerides), a harmless species from New Zealand that were provided by Landcare Research in Auckland. Despite their fierce appearance, this spider is docile member of the crab-spider family and are, in fact, harmless to humans. They were not allowed back in New Zealand for quarantine reasons. The giant "spider" used in the film was a species of a bird-eating tarantula, which attains an 8" legspan or more. Those types of tarantula are not easy to handle and can give a nasty bite. The spiders in the film were managed and handled by famed entomologist Steven R. Kutcher. "
2016-05-20 00:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Per IMDB.com
"The small spiders used in the film were Avondale spiders (Delena Cancerides), a harmless species from New Zealand that were provided by Landcare Research in Auckland. Despite their fierce appearance, this spider is docile member of the crab-spider family and are, in fact, harmless to humans. They were not allowed back in New Zealand for quarantine reasons. The giant "spider" used in the film was a species of a bird-eating tarantula, which attains an 8" legspan or more. Those types of tarantula are not easy to handle and can give a nasty bite. The spiders in the film were managed and handled by famed entomologist Steven R. Kutcher."
2007-07-06 09:40:35 · answer #3 · answered by Becca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are a cross-breed of the Giant (fictional) species, and your regular ol' Barn Spider...
That's why they have the potency of the big'un, but the size and speed of the smaller ;);)
2007-07-06 09:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a cross between the big south american spider that hitches a ride to the us in that coffin and the small spider they catch inside and put out in the barn. i dont think that they ever actually name them.
2007-07-06 09:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by colonel pain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres about 1200 species of spiders represented in that film.
Love,
Snag
2007-07-06 09:23:12 · answer #6 · answered by snaggle_smurf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look like brown recluse spiders but dont think they would actually use those.
2007-07-06 09:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by SUPADAVE25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a mega-freaking-ugly-disgusting one.
I belive that's the technical term. :-)
2007-07-06 09:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by jerjessie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, you see those ones all the time, they are animated!
2007-07-06 10:01:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋