A flier posted on a pole at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 19th Street claims the Mexican Red Rump tarantula named Penelope wandered off recently.

A flier posted on a pole at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 19th Street claims the Mexican Red Rump tarantula named Penelope wandered off recently, but it seems unlikely to be true.

A flier posted on a pole at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 19th Street claims the Mexican Red Rump tarantula named Penelope wandered off recently, but it seems unlikely to be true.

Owner Gus How said his pet had not been found. The Mexican red rump tarantula fires bristles at predators, causing severe itching.

BROOKLYN, NY -- Could a giant pregnant tarantula be roaming the streets of Brooklyn? A flier posted on a pole at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 19th Street claims the Mexican Red Rump tarantula ...

Good news, Park Slope denizens: it turns out that the lost pregnant Mexican Red Rump tarantula roaming your streets and threatening to steal all the stroller parking spots was a hoax. But new ...

The missing sign for Penelope the Mexican Red Rump Tarantula posted around Brooklyn. Imgur Never mind! A pregnant tarantula named Penelope was supposedly on the loose in Park Slope, and her owner ...

The fliers indicated that 'Penelope' a pregnant, red rumped tarantula, had gone missing in Brooklyn. The faux-missing posters claimed that the arachnid normally doesn't bite, but may jump when ...

A hairy Mexican red rump tarantula named Penelope is on the loose in Park Slope, and her owner is frantically trying to find her before she pops out her tiny, creepy spawn.

A flier posted on a pole at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 19th Street claims the Mexican Red Rump tarantula named Penelope wandered off recently.