41. Radio-Tagged Tarantulas To Help Track Deforestation Radiotagged tarantulas are being used by researchers to monitor the threatened rain forests of Belize. Each spider emits a unique call sign, allowing it to http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0609_030609_taggedtarantulas.htm

National Geographic News, Reporting Your World Daily Thursday, May 29, 2008 MAIN ANIMAL NEWS ANCIENT WORLD ENVIRONMENT NEWS ... VIDEO Radio-Tagged Tarantulas to Help Track Deforestation John Pickrell in England for National Geographic News June 9, 2003 Reichling has embarked on a novel, decades-long project: to map and quantify Belizean forest degradation with the assistance of 50 or more tarantulas surgically implanted with radio transponders. Printer Friendly Email to a Friend SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED Belize, UN Try to Save Reefs and Help Fishers Map Links Healthier Ecosystems, Indigenous Peoples Is Acid Rain Killing Off Wood Thrushes? Like much of Central and South America, Belize's rain forests have been altered by successive human cultures beginning with the Maya. For most of human history this has involved sustainable methods of land use such as small-scale slash-and-burn farming. However, modern large-scale agriculture is destroying rainforest at an unprecedented rate. Reichling and his Memphis Zoo veterinarian colleague Chris Tabaka are collecting information about the success of tarantula populations in rainforest sites, and using it as a measure of the degree of damage to these habitats. The project, which began in March 2000, is expected to continue for at least 20 years, to follow what happens as the current tarantula residents die out and are replaced. Eight-Legged Monitor Tarantulas are particularly suitable bio-indicators to map environmental change, because they can live for 20 years and remain in one burrow for life, making them easy to relocate year after year, says Reichling.

42. Tarantula tarantulas are our heaviest spiders by weight and have a body length of about 1 ½ inches (40 mm). They are relatively common throughout Texas...... http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg366.html

Field Guide Index Images and Sounds Entomology Home Insect Orders ... Next Tarantula Click on image to enlarge A tarantula, Aphonopelma sp. (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Photo by Jackman. Common Name: Tarantula Scientific Name: Aphonopelma sp. Order: Araneae Description: Tarantulas are our heaviest spiders by weight and have a body length of about 1 ½ inches (40 mm). They are relatively common throughout Texas and their large size makes them quite recognizable. Typically, the head-thorax region (cephalothorax) and legs are dark brown, the abdomen brownish black. Color may vary between individuals and certainly changes after a molt. There are 14 species of tarantulas in the genus, Aphonopelma , listed from Texas in a recent work. Identification of species is difficult and requires mature males, a microscope, proper literature and experience. Life Cycle: Females lay 100 to 1,000 eggs in a web which is constructed like a hammock. The egg sac is retained in the burrow, guarded, and usually held by the female. Eggs hatch in 45 to 60 days. Spiderlings hatch in July or later in the year within the egg sac. Once they leave the egg sac, the spiderlings may stay with the females for 3 to 6 days or longer before dispersing. Many of the young fall prey to other spiders or predators as they disperse to begin their own burrows. Females have lived in captivity for over 25 years. Males in Texas rarely live over two or three months after maturity.

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HOME THE ARACHNOLOGY HOME PAGE Section : Tarantulas (Bird-eating spiders) The Arachnology Home Page celebrates its 10th birthday ! If you like this website and would like to give something in return, you can help me paying the expenses by donating 1 Euro or dollar. Together we can keep this site running on eight legs ! Herman Choose your currency Xenesthis immanis (by B. Hodgeman) Spiderwomen serve up Cambodia's creepy caviar They're black, hairy, have eight legs and are delicious when fried with garlic and butter. Tarantulas for dinner. ABC News Online (Australia) Little Known Tarantula Traits Tarantula Expert Reveals the Spider Behind the Reputation. ABCNews Tarantulas Info and drawing. R.L. Smith. The University of Arizona (USA) Tarantulas and Other Spiders Searchable Tarantula Database and Picture Gallery, Searchable Latin Name Pronunciation List, Searchable Arachnid Glossary of Terms, The Taxonomic Gallery, The Cartoon Gallery, The 'Other' Spiders Gallery, Spider Animations, Searchable Dealer Database, Se Send a FREE ArachnoCard (Electronic Greeting Card), Jokes. Martin Overton. Arachnophiliac (UK) The American Tarantula Society Tarantulas, Other Spiders, Scorpions, Other Arachnid Orders, Centipedes, Millipedes, Popular Insects (USA)

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E-mail this Print this Advanced search Home ... Insect Infestations > Cactus Attacked Us! Cactus Attacked Us! Claim: A cactus explodes and spews baby tarantulas everywhere. Status: False. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 1998] This bloke and his family were on holiday in the States and went to Mexico for a week. As he was an avid cactus fan he bought a rare and expensive cactus there, it was about a metre high and cost about $500 Aus. He got it home and the customs people were none too impressed so they said it must stay in quarantine for 3 months, cost - $800 or so. He finally got his cactus home and planted it in his backyard where over time it grew to about 2 metres or so in height. One evening after a beautiful warm spring day he was out watering his garden and thought he might give the cactus a light spray. This he did and was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another light spray and it shivered and shook again. All its arms moved. He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens. After a few transfers he got the states foremost cactus expert who asked him many pointed questions, how tall is it, how tall was it when you got it, has it grown well, has it flowered, what type of spines etc etc. Finally he asked a most disturbing question, "is your family in the house?"

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50. Cozy Up To Tarantulas, Scorpions, Assassin Bugs At Educational Show | Www.azstar Tony Gustin shows off an Arizona blond tarantula, part of his Creepy Crawly Zoo at Bookmans stores this month. Gustin says he wants to teach kids a respect http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/229229.php

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51. 7 Amazing Facts About Tarantulas - World's Largest Spiders - Softpedia 7 Amazing Facts About tarantulas World s largest spiders. http://news.softpedia.com/news/7-Amazing-Facts-About-Tarantulas-79163.shtml

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Home Appetizers Soups Salads ... Letters Tarantulas 1 Tarantula Awhile back I mentioned that I thought that it odd that nobody eats tarantulas because of their close relationship to crabs and the likefavorite foods in many cuisines. Last night I was watching a show on a tribe of Amazonian Indians and lo and behold, they were trapping and cooking the big ol' spiders. And I do mean big. These guys were the size of blue crabs. I would guess that they're at least eight inches across the spread legs. "Take one tarantula..." Not an easy process! First they catch the critters by luring them out of their tunnels with a long strip of grass. The hunter then very deftly grabs the spider by the thorax, folds the legs back and wraps the spider in a leaf for transportation to the camp site. At the campsite, the spiders are killed. Everything is used. The abdomens are removed and stripped of eggs. The eggs are wrapped in a leaf and roasted over a fire to produce a spider egg omelette. The bodies are tossed directly onto a fire to singe off the hair and to cook the meat. When they're done, the legs and thorax are cracked open and picked just like when you eat a crab. After the meal the fangswhich are a good inch and a half long are used as toothpicks. It was emphasized that the spiders taste *very* much like crab. Posted by Stephen Ceideburg Collected by Bert Christensen Toronto, Ontario

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55. Catalogue Of Organisms: Tarantulas These are the spiders best known as birdeating spiders or tarantulas, though the name tarantula originally applied to a member of a quite different http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/2008/02/tarantulas-sans-tarantella.ht

sans Tarantella skip to main skip to sidebar Catalogue of Organisms An inordinate fondness for systematics Monday, 18 February 2008 Tarantulas sans Tarantella It's interesting how different people perceive levels of risk. Someone once asked how I could be completely unafraid of spiders, but be extremely nervous around cars (I am - a friend of mine once banned me from riding in the passenger seat when she was driving, because the sight of my knuckles turning white as I gripped onto the handlebar would make her nervous). I asked him in return how I could possibly be otherwise - hardly anyone is ever seriously hurt by a spider, but cars kill large numbers of people on a regular basis. The point of that little anecdote, in case you were wondering, is to introduce a family of spiders that have provided stock horror film fodder for years, but are widely known to be fairly harmless - the Theraphosidae. Theraphosidae are a family of large spiders found mostly in ex-Gondwanan landmasses - South America, Africa, India and Australia, as well as in south-east Asia. These are the spiders best known as bird-eating spiders or tarantulas, though the name "tarantula" originally applied to a member of a quite different family of spiders, the European wolf spider Lycosa tarantula . The photo at the top of the post (from here ) shows an Australian species of Selenocosmia . The photo just above this paragraph (from Tarantulas from Uruguay *) of Theraphosa leblondi gives a good idea of the size some theraphosids reach. Theraphosidae include the largest living spiders - indeed, since the Carboniferous

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57. Spiders - Tarantulas - The Truth Behind Their Evil Image tarantulas are the movie stars of the spider world. They are cast in films when things hairy, scary and deadly are needed. But despite their appearance and http://www.amonline.net.au/spiders/culture/tarantulas.htm

@import url("/stylesheets/spiders_adv.css"); Tarantulas - the truth behind their evil image Tarantulas are the movie stars of the spider world. They are cast in films when things hairy, scary and deadly are needed. But despite their appearance and reputation, bites from these spiders usually cause little harm. So how did they get such a bad reputation? The Tarantula story starts way back In 1370, in a small town called Taranto in southern Italy a strange and mysterious epidemic broke out for which the only cure seemed to be wild dancing and music. Occurring every summer for three hundred years, this disease was thought to be caused by the bite of a large, hairy Wolf Spider ( Lycosa tarantula ), which became known as a Tarantula. In the 1600s, people discovered that these spiders were virtually harmless. Many then concluded that the whole phenomenon of Tarantism was simply an excuse far a wild party. However, it is now suspected that a spider was involved and the real culprit was a European relative of the Redback or Widow Spider. As Europeans colonised the world, they saw even bigger and hairier spiders, and called them Tarantulas too. As a result, many large and hairy spiders are now commonly, but incorrectly, called Tarantulas. The only true Tarantulas are the large spiders of the family Theraphosidae. Some examples of spiders from this family include:

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TARANTULAS IN THE VIVARIUM: Habits, Husbandry, and Breeding by Peter Klaas English Ed. 2001152 pp.ISBN 1-57524-018-1 $29.50 CONTENTS Editor's Preface to the English Edition Dedication and Acknowledgments Foreword The Natural History and Distribution of Tarantulas Evolutionary History Relationships Evolutionary Tree The External Anatomy of a Tarantula Cephalothorax Extremities Abdomen Tactile and Sensory Hairs Other Orders of Arachnids Important for the Vivarium Where Do Tarantulas Live? The Life of a Tarantula Food Hunting/Obtaining Food Feeding/Ingesting Food Growth Regeneration of Body Parts Reproduction Filling the Bulbs Courtship and Mating Oviposition and Brood Protection Development of the Eggs Husbandry and Breeding Vivarium Construction Materials and Tools Furnishings Types of Vivaria Vivarium for Terrestrial Tarantulas Vivarium for Subterranean Tarantulas Vivarium for Aboreal Tarantulas Diseases and Natural Enemies Fungal Infections Bacteria and Viruses Parasites Tarantula Wasps Injuries Injuries to the Limbs Injuries to the Chelicerae and Cephalothorax Husbandry of Tarantulas in the Vivarium Routine Tasks Frequent Errors in Tarantula Husbandry Correct Feeding Purchase and Breeding of Food Animals Correct Handling of Tarantulas Handling Packing for Shipment Breeding Tarantulas Selection of Breeding Stock Breeding Groups Aggression Between Sexes Introducing a Pair

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