Allison Flynn • allison@rutherfordweekly.com
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 2:00 pm

The STEM Lab at Forest City-Dunbar recently got a classroom pet - a pink toe tarantula named Arabella Karina. The spider, said teacher Rebecca Marsh, stays in a terrarium in the classroom but students can watch her hunt, catch and eat prey as well as spin a web and even molt. Arabella's arrival prompted a bulletin board and tree with spiders in it outside the classroom.