Spiders

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Click on the photo to see a page containing more photographs
and the life history of the spider
Thumbnail Name Common Name Correct Name DOB-DOA
Carlotte Charlotte Chile Rose Grammostola Spatulatus 1996-2006
Harold Harold Chile Rose Grammostola Spatulatus ?2003
George George Salmon Pink Bird Eater Lasiodora Parahybana 1997
Slick Slick Mexican Red Knee Brachypelma Smithi 1996-1999
Bugsy Bugsy Curly Haired Honduran Euathlus Alboilosa 1998-2004
Curtains Curtains Mombassa Golden Starburst Pterinochilus Murinus 1998-2001
Fluff Equador Pink Toe Avicularia Huriana 1998-2002
Hugh, Pugh,
Barney McGrew 
and Cuthbert		 Cameroon Red Baboon Histerocrates Gigas 1999
Sandy Orange Arborial Baboon Pterinochilus Spinifer 1999-2001
Apu Apu Indian Ornamental Poecilotheria Regalis 2001-2003
Arthur Tiger Rump Doppelganger Cyclosternum Fasciatus 2001-2003
Bob Goliath Bird Eater Theraphosa Leblondi 2001-2004
Stan Brazilian Burrowing Tarantula Nadnau Carapoensis 2001-2007
Tim Rust Legged Mexican Splendid Brachypelma Boehmei 2002-2005
 
 

Animations and videos
From time to time spiders moult. Barney McGrew moulted in a nice position in its tank, enabling me to get some reasonable pictures of the process. Here they are
Bob moulting. This is a series of photos that I put together into an animated gif
George Moulting. Video
Hugh Moulting. Video
23/08/2005 A very unusual event, three of my siders moulted at once. Charlotte, Hugh and Stan. Video
   
Here is a picture of the mum of Fluff (Pink Toe)
and a couple of others that were at a show:
Equador Pink Toe Mum
Equador Pink Toe Avicularia Huriana
 
Goliath Bird Eater Theraphosa Leblondi
Indian Ornamental Pocilotheria Regalis
 
OK, so I know loads of people are frightened of spiders, but that is due to bad press. Far more people have been killed by pushbikes than spiders, I can prove it. You should not fiddle with them, they are not for holding or frightening friends with, they are for watching and feeding crickets to!
Many people ask, how can you keep these as pets? My answer to that is simple. In glass tanks 
   

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