21. Tarantulas Of particular interest is the husbandry and breeding of tarantulas and scorpions with Members of this suborder are sometimes called tarantulas . http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/Tarantulas.html

Tarantulas - Bird-Eating Spiders Amazon.com: Books: Tarantulas and Other Arachnids Tarantulas and Other Arachnids by Samuel D. Marshall, Laura Barghusen An Introduction To Tarantulas And Scorpions by Martin Overton Arachnid.de A lot of info and pictures (in German) (Germany) Arachnids Captive bred spiders, tarantulas, scorpions for sale from Spider Patch (USA) Arachnids Arachnids - Capucine et ses copines A French site with information and pictures of tarantulas. Chris (France) Arachnids For Sale Arachnids for sale through Exotic Pets online Arachnophobia - Die Vogelspinnen Page Nothing to do with arachnophobia, but only with tarantulas. Sven Linckels (Luxembourg) arachNOrway The Norwegian Tarantula Society. With lots of pictures and caresheets. Martin Hagen (Norway) Aracnofilia Pictures and info about tarantula's. Matteo Grotto (in Italian) (Italy) Big spiders About tarantula's and other big spiders. Bill Amos (USA) Biggest Spider Goliath Bird-Eating Spider. Extreme Science (USA) Birdspiders With pictures of a number of tarantulas. Rick C. West (Canada) California Zoological Supply Exotic pets (USA) Care sheets Fluker Farms (USA) Caresheets.com

22. Amazing Tarantulas! | Giving Big, Hairy Spiders A Good Name. tarantulas. Tarantula presentations. Pet tarantula information. Tarantula merchandise. http://www.amazingtarantulas.com/

Amazing Tarantulas! Giving big, hairy spiders a good name. Home Home First Time Visitor? Tarantula Facts ... Amazing T Forum Welcome to Amazing Tarantulas! The tarantula has received a bad reputation based on years of mis-information. This site was created to provide accurate information regarding these incredible eight-legged animals. In doing so, we hope to change the perception that some poeple have in regards to tarantulas. We are here to try and give big, hairy spiders a good name! All of the tarantulas featured on this site are in my personal collection. Take a look around and enjoy your stay! If you should have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop us an email at amazingtarantulas@msn.com * If you are in the Phoenix area and would like to have a tarantula presentation at your school, club meeting, party, etc., please go to the presentations page, or send us an email 10th Annual ATS Conference You do not want to miss the 10th Annual American Tarantula Society Conference this summer! Click on the link below to visit to official site for more information. www.atshq.org

23. Tarantulas I keep both arboreal and burrowing tarantulas. Arboreal tarantulas generally live above the ground, often in trees. They spin a retreat of dense, http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~mandrade/tarantulas.html

Tarantulas I rear tarantulas to provide a travelling show for elementary school classes. I keep both arboreal and burrowing tarantulas. Arboreal tarantulas generally live above the ground, often in trees. They spin a retreat of dense, white silk, in which they spend most of their time. Burrowing tarantulas live below ground, in a tunnel-like system that they build by excavating dirt with their legs and mouthparts. Peruvian pinktoe Brazilian salmon birdeater My current collection: Common name Latin name Sri Lankan ornamental Poeciliotheria fasciata Trinidad chevron Psalmopoeus cambridgei Peruvian pinktoe Avicularia urticans Cameroon red baboon Hysterocrates gigas Brazilian salmon birdeater Lasiodora parahybana Mexican redrump Brachypelma vagans Straight-horned baboon Ceratogyrus cornuatus Trinidad chevron Sri Lankan Ornamental Mexican redrump Answers to frequently asked spider questions: How do spiders grow?

24. Tarantulas Australia Supply tarantulas, scorpions and centipedes within Australia only as pets or for serious collectors. Company profile, information on species, http://www.tarantulas.com.au/

Site navigation Home Page About Australian Tarantulas Tarantulas, Scorpions and Centipedes Australina Venom Zoo - Venom ... Contact Australian Tarantulas Welcome to Australian Venom Zoo Australian Venom Zoo is Now Open. Located in Kuranda ( See Map )- in the Tablelands Near Cairns Far North Queensland. We run daily personalised, educational tours of our Displays of Australian Tarantulas, Scorpions, Centipedes, Lizards and Snakes. Click Here to take a Virtual Tour of Australian Venom Zoo. Zoo Entry Fee: Adults: $16.00 Children: $10.00 (Ages 5-17. Children under 5 FREE) Family: $40.00 (2AD + 2 CHD) Zoo Opens at 10 am every day and closes at 4 pm. Group Concessions are offered upon Application. Please Phone 61 7 4093 8905 or Click Here to Email Us. * Group Concessions are offered to groups of 15 people and over. What you will see: * see venomous animals you will not find in Any Other Zoo On Earth * 1PM - LIVE VENOM EXTRACTIONS - DAILY * Be a part of history in the making as you will learn that these animals are vital links to cures to some of the worlds deadliest diseases. ...And Much Much More Conservation our Mission: Our Zoo and our Website is dedicated to all arachnid lovers, especially to those interested in Australian Tarantulas. We've been actively involved in caring for and breeding Australian Tarantulas since the mid eighties in North Queensland and we have an extensive collection of Australian specimens of the Theraphosidae family as well as scorpions and centipedes.

25. Pet Tarantulas Information Facts | Tarantula Guide Facts and information about pet tarantulas and spiders as pets. http://www.tarantulaguide.com/

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26. Steve Nunn's Australian Tarantulas - Australian Tarantula Information Site The Home Page for Australian Tarantula Enthusiasts. http://www.thedailylink.com/australiantarantulas/

***** WELCOME - Steve Nunn's Australian Tarantula Enthusiasts Site - ***** Site Features History of Theraphosid Classification in Australia Which Tarantula do I have - Key to genera Species Index - LIST What is a Tarantula PREDATORS OF AUSTRALIAN THERAPHOSIDAE Basic Anatomy Dorsal Basic Anatomy Ventral ** Links ** Spidery Question? Please Email Me:-> Click here Sign the Guest Book Click Here View the Guest Book

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28. Pet Tarantulas Overview of Mexican tarantula species I keep as pet. http://johnbokma.com/pet/tarantula/

John Bokma Pet tarantulas freelance Perl programmer Pet tarantulas 1 comment At this moment I have three tarantula spiders. Two resemble the Costa Rican Tiger-Rump (Cyclosternum fasciatum) but where found in Veracruz, Mexico. It might be very well the case that Costa Rican Tiger-rump tarantulas one can buy in a pet shop are actually originally coming from Mexico. You want your ad served 320,000 times a month? Advertise on John Bokma dot com and I make it happen. For a short wile I also had a Mexican Red-Rump (Brachypelma vagans) tarantula, but it died shortly after it made a sperm web. Male tarantulas live relatively short once they are adult so maybe it died from old age. Adult female Brachypelma vagans climbing on my hand. During several field trips in Veracruz I have seen the Mexican Red-Rump tarantulas living very close to the Tiger-rump look-a-like, sometimes even living together under the very same stone. To make things even more interesting, I also have seen Florida bark scorpions (Centruroides gracilis) living under the same stone, and recently even a couple of small rain frogs sharing the habitat. Rain frog species leaving the burrow of a Brachypelma vagans.

29. SDNHM: Tarantula tarantulas are large, hairy spiders, with a leg span that may be as wide as 5 or 6 inches. Despite Hollywood s deadly and aggressive image of the tarantula, http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/apho.html

Aphonopelma Tarantula THERAPHOSIDAE Description Tarantulas are large, hairy spiders, with a leg span that may be as wide as 5 or 6 inches. Despite Hollywood's deadly and aggressive image of the tarantula, the truth is that San Diego County's three resident species of the genus Aphonopelma are actually quite docile. Both males and females are capable of inflicting a bite when threatened, but they rarely do so and their venom is considered non-toxic to humans. A conspicuous bald spot may be seen on the abdomen of many tarantulas. This results from the spider's defensive behavior against its vertebrate enemies. When confronted, the spider will rub its hind legs over its body, brushing off irritating hairs into an enemy's eyes. These hairs are replaced during each successive moult. Range and Habitat Common to the local desert and low-elevation chaparral habitats , tarantulas can also be found in many of the city's undeveloped canyons. They are not normally encountered during the day and generally remain hidden in abandoned rodent burrows or other suitable tunnels that they line with silk. Tarantulas become active in the late afternoon from spring through fall. Natural History Like most other spiders, tarantulas are considered beneficial predators who feed on many invertebrates including sowbugs, pillbugs, insects, and even other spiders. Their prey is grabbed and crushed in the tarantula's powerful fangs. Owing to the tarantula's reduced oral opening, or 'mouth,' it secretes digestive enzymes through its fangs to dissolve the prey externally. The spider then sucks the liquefied meal back up through its small mouth and into its digestive system.

30. Hays' Tarantula Page A collection of tarantula descriptions, species lists, pictures, images, quicktime movies and tarantula experiences from Hays Cummins lab at Miami http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/html/tarantulas.html

Hays' Tarantula Web Pages R. Hays Cummins, Interdisciplinary Studies Miami University Welcome! It is 1:05:36 PM on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Archniphiles-Philes served: Last update: Tuesday, January 3, 2006. Tarantula Page Navigation Lab Species List Tarantula Diaries Essential Tarantula Articles Spider Quicktime Movies ... Web Site NAVIGATIONTable of Contents Lab Species List Lab "Nick Name" Remarks Aphonopelma Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin, 1940- (Mexican Blond) Blondee Aphonopelma seemanni (Zebra Leg-Costa Rica) Drake Avicularia Avicularia avicularia complex (Linne, 1758)- (Guyana Pink Toe) Mercury plus 10 juveniles Avicularia magdaleana/aurantica - (Pink Toe, Wooly) Fuzzy Avicularia versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837)- (Pink Toes-Martinique and Guadeloupe Islands) Rigel Miscellaneous Acanthoscurria geniculata -(Giant White Knee-Brazil) BoJangles Brachypelma boehmei Betelguese Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907)- (GreenBottle Blue-Venezuela) Grace Cyclosternum sp.

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Terrific Tarantulas Robert J. Wolff, Ph.D. From the Biology Department, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois 60463 The name "tarantula" means a variety of things to different people. It can mean the wolf spider from southern Italy, with its somewhat toxic bite, or the tailless whipscorpions, who belong to the family Tarantulidae. Or to many people, tarantula simply means any large, frightening spider they come across. Primarily, however, tarantula means the generally large, hairy spiders that belong to the family Theraphosidae. Spiders belong to the order Araneae, and the majority are considered true spiders, whose fangs point to the midline and open sideways. In contrast, fangs of the order Mygalomorphae open parallel to the long axis of the body. Mygalomorphs include the trapdoor and purseweb spiders, as well as those that are commonly called tarantulas and belong to the Theraphosidae. Structure Tarantulas are hairy, large (35 mm or more in length), and have the basic morphology of the true spiders (Fig. 1), including two body regions, the cephalothorax (prosoma) and the abdomen (opisthosoma). The appendages of the cephalothorax include four pairs of legs, a pair of pedipalps, and a pair of fang-tipped chelicerae. The abdomen differs from that of the true spiders by having posteriorly only two pairs of spinnerets rather than three pairs, and by having ventrally two pairs of booklungs rather than one pair. You can usually identify mature males by the special copulatory organs (palps) on the pedipalps, and by the hooks on the first pair of legs (Fig. 2). Adult females are not as easily identifiable because they often lack obvious external clues; only size and (in some) a swelling in the genital area at the ventral slit, called the epigastric furrow, allow a guess.

33. Tarantulas Produce Silk From Their Feet Sep 28, 2006 Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060927201410.htm

Science News Share Blog Cite Print Email Bookmark Tarantulas Produce Silk From Their Feet ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2006) See also: Spiders and Ticks Biology Evolutionary Biology Agriculture and Food ... Bombyx mori Adam Summers, a UC Irvine assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was among the team of scientists who made the discovery using zebra tarantulas from Costa Rica. The team found that the tarantulas secrete silk from spigots on their legs, allowing them to better cling to surfaces. Until now, spiders were only known to spin silk from spinnerets located on their abdomen and to use the silk to form webs for protection and capturing prey rather than for locomotion. The findings are published in the current issue of Nature. The researchers placed tarantulas on a vertical glass surface. Though ground dwelling, these spiders can normally hang on to vertical surfaces by using thousands of spatulate hairs and small claws. However, the scientists noticed that when the spider started to slip down the surface, it produced silk from all four pairs of legs, allowing it to adhere to the glass for more than 20 minutes. The silk secretions were clearly visible on the glass. Using scanning electron microscopy, the scientists also were able to see the openings on the legs that resemble the silk-producing spigots on spider abdominal spinnerets. The next step, according to Summers, is to investigate whether the silk produced by the feet is the same as that produced by the spinneret. Many spiders can produce seven different kinds of silk. Scientists will look at the genes involved in silk production from the feet, compare them to the gene family that leads to spinneret silk production, and be able to better determine whether silk was originally used for traction, or whether that was a secondary usage that came later.

34. Tarantula Facts tarantulas are the biggest of spiders. They have eight legs, are often hairy, and have two big fangs. Some are dull brown, while others can be brightly http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/thomas/classPet/1999/Tarantula/facts.htm

Tarantula Facts Information about Tarantulas source from: http://pw2.netcom.com/~cnames/spider.html Facts about the Tarantula Tarantulas will go bald on their thorax when they get old! Tarantulas have tiny hairs on the back of their abdomen and back legs that will stick to an enemy if disturbed and ITCH. Tarantulas have re-tractable claws, just like cats! Some tarantulas can get as big as dinner plates! Tarantula Names Source from: http://maxpages.com/tarantulas/Names Original Source From The American Tarantula Society -Forum publication Check out all the different types of tarantulas there are in the world! The name on the left side of the table is the scientific name. The name in yellow is the common name. African Asian Ceratogyrus bechuanicus curvedhorn Ceratogyrus brachycephalus greaterhorned Ceratogyrus cornuatus straighthorned Citharischius crawshayi king baboon Eucratoscelus longiceps African redrump Heteroscodra maculata Toga starburst Hysterocrates crassipes Cameroon brown Hysterocrates gigas Cameroon red Hysterocrates laticeps Cameroon rustred Pterinochilus meridionalis Zimbabwe gray Pterinochilus murinus Mombasa goldenstarburst Pterinochilus sjoestedti Kilimanjaro mustard Stromatopelma calceatum featherleg Chilobrachys andersoni Burmese mustard Chilobrachys sericeus Asian mustard Cyriopagopus paganus Asian chevron Haplopelma lividum cobalt blue Haplopelma minax Thailand black Ornithoctonus andersoni

35. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Sticky Feet Help Tarantulas Climb Spiders scale vertical glass surfaces using a fibrous glue secreted from their feet, scientists show. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5386524.stm

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36. TARANTULAS AND OTHER ARACHNIDS Despite their ferocious reputation, tarantulas are fascinating animals to observe, and can be kept in a home terrarium. This volume advises on their http://www.barronseduc.com/0764114638.html

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37. Tarantulas - SA's First Tarantula Site SA’s first Tarantula site dedicated to the education and preservation of tarantulas other Creepy Crawlies. http://www.tarantulas.co.za/

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38. Tarantulaspiders Online | "The Cutting Edge Of Arachoculture" tarantulaspiders.com is the portal site on the web for everything about tarantula spiders and their close invertebrate relatives. http://www.tarantulaspiders.com/

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Wildlife of Mount Diablo State Park Tarantulas Usher in the Fall Season by Ken Lavin Also see a more recent article "Tarantula Time" by Ken Lavin - August 2004 Late summer and fall is tarantula time on Mt. Diablo. During this turn of the season, park visitors often see these hairy arachnids scurrying across trails and roads. The tarantula, North America's largest spider, spends most of its life in and around its underground burrow. However, when a male tarantula reaches maturity at about seven years of age, he leaves the safety of his subterranean home to risk life and limb (all eight of them) in search of females of the species. These love struck males are the autumnal wanderers we see on the mountain. Drawing by Nathan Crawford Once a female tarantula is located by scent and enticed out of her den, the male tarantula faces the classic problem common to male spiders. He must convince the female he is a suitor and not just lunch on the hoof . Toward this end, male tarantulas have small spurs or hooks on their front legs to hold the female's savage jaws at bay during mating. After mating, the larger, longer lived female returns to her borrow, ultimately to hatch hundreds of baby spiders the following spring.

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TARANTULAS FROM URUGUAY Guide of the big hairy spiders from the land of Gardel by Fernando Pérez Miles, Fernando Costa, Mario Lalinde, Antonio Mignone and Anita Aisenberg. In these pages you will find out: how tarantulas look like, where and how long they live, how they feed themselves, how they reproduce, if they are dangerous, who are their enemies, what species live in Uruguay and how you can breed them, myths and legends about the tarantulas. Also, you will have the access to a key for identifying tarantulas. And something else, too What are they? How can we identify them? Males and females Courtship and Mating When the tarantula gives birth How can we breed them? The best pet Be careful with those hairs Enemies Species of Uruguay How do we recognise the different tarantulas? Key for identifying each species The big Grammostola The medium- sized The small ones Myths For sending us an e-mail: Fernando Costa These pages are designed and updated by Mario Lalinde What are they? In general they are big, very big and hairy. In these lands they are known as ‘arañas pollito’ (chicken spiders), but they have different names all around America: ‘arañas mono’ (monkey spiders), ‘ pica caballos’ (horse stinger) and North Americans call them ‘ bird-eater-spider’ or simply ‘bird spider’.

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