article_snippet: This is the massive Mexican, red rump tarantula discovered wandering around a football pitch in Maesteg, South Wales by a concerned member of the public.
article_snippet: Dr Rhys Jones, from Cardiff University, for advice Cardiff Universityholds the lost tarantula, showing how safe it is .
article_snippet: The Mexican red rump, or B. vagans in Latin, was made famous in Jack Arnold's 1955 sci-fi movie Tarantula, where an ill-advised scientific experiment leads to a giant arachnid breaking out of captivity and terrorizing the Arizona desert.
article_snippet: The red rump tarantula does not present a significant health risk to the general public.
article_snippet: Children playing football at Garth Park ball court near where The red rump tarantula was found by a member of the public .