Wade's Tarantula WEB Page

My Tarantulas and Scorpions:

• Female Bolivian Blue-leg Tarantula (Pamphobeteous antinous)
• Female Mexican Red-leg Tarantula (Brachypelma emelia)
• Female Mexican Red-knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)
• Female Goliath Bird-eater Tarantula (Theraposa blondi)
• Female Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula (Aphonopelma seemani)
• Female Brazilian Black Velvet Tarantula (Acanthoscurria muscalosa)
• Female Arizona Blonde Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes)
• Female Columbian Brown Giant Tarantula (Pamphobeteous fortis)
• Female Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
• Female African Straight-horned Baboon Tarantula (Ceratogyrus cornuatum)
• Female Mexican Grey Tarantula (Aphonopelma pallidum)
• Female Sri Lanken Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria fasciata)
• Female Columbian Giant Red-leg Tarantula (Megaphobema robustum)
• Male Red Slate Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria rufilata)
• Male Honduran Wooly Tarantula (Brachypelma albopilosum)
• ? Brazilian Salmon Tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
• Male South African South Flat-rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes)
• Female African Black Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

Goliath Bird-eating Spider

My Bolivian Blue-leg is my favorite out of the bunch. She is so gentle! In Anne Webbs Book The Proper Care of Tarantulas it says that anyone who touches or attempts to handle this species is either brave or just plain stupid. I disagree, it seems like if someone writes a book or publishes a Web page and says that some specific species is aggressive everyone tends to agree with them. There is always acceptions to every rule, especially in Tarantula keeping. If you take any aggressive new world Tarantula you will always be able to find a gentle individual. I think more people need to explore and experience things for themselves. In the instance of B. emelia for years everyone thought they were aggressive Tarantulas and were too dangerous to handle because someone did an experiment with their venom on lab rats. B. emelia is one of the most trustworthy spiders anyone can own as a pet. Next to the Honduran Wooly (Curly Hair) and the red knee, you cant ask for a better pet. Heck, maybe what Anne Webb says about people who try to handle Pamphobeteous antinous, just might bee true in my case, maybe I am brave or stupid. I've just purchased a Pamphobeteous fortis that is just as calm as my Bolivian Blue-Leg. I can sit for hours with them in my hand just cruisin' around my hand. They are both just plain sweethearts!!

Brachypelma smithi

I also encourage every Tarantula enthusiast to go and purchase the book that I personaly say is the best book out on the market for collectors and hobbyists to read. The Tarantula Keepers Guide, published by Barrons in 1998. The authors also have an older book out titled the same thing but is published by sterling. It is a good book but, not as good as their new one. Go to your closest pet store and buy it and if they don't carry it bug them for it. I will be updating this page often as soon as I get a digital camera and my scanner set up. Please come back often and and Arachnophile please E-mail me. I love to talk about big hairy spiders known as Theraposids.

Click The Tarantula Keepers Guide to go to the Authors Web Page!

Tarantula links

Societies Web Sites

American Tarantula Society
British Tarantula Society
Dutch Tarantula Society
The Hellenic Arachnid Society
South & West England Tarantula Society
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Kingdom of the Spider
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Mike "troll"Tarantula Page
Micheal Andersen's Web Page
Milwaukee Public Museum
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Robert's Tarantula Page
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Spiders and Immunology
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Survival Special: Tarantula!
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Tarantula Planet
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Teaching Spiders - Lesson Plans for K-1
Trav's Tarantulas
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Wayne's Tarantulas
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(My brother) Bill Beresnak's REAL Homepage

Email: Wade