Bringing you the "cutting edge" of the invertebrate hobby!

Welcome!

Tarantulaspiders.com is the "portal" site on the web for everything about tarantula spiders and their close invertebrate relatives. Tarantulaspiders.com is strictly a mail-order based business with participation in select trade shows. Tarantulas are beautiful and fascinating creatures that have been exploding in popularity since the mid-1990's. You could call them "New Age Pets", but I like to refer to them as "Nature's Jewelry". Now, "Arachnophobia" seems like a laughing matter to most people. As our busy lives have changed, it has become increasingly harder to keep "traditional pets" like cats and dogs. Tarantulas, and their close relatives, make excellent "display" animals that fit nicely into a den, living room or bedroom in a 2.5 or 10 gallon tank. Little maintenance and feeding is required. The cost to own and maintain a tarantula is cheap (pennies per month!), and many tarantulas (females) can live to be over 34 years old! In the past, the problem was the serious lack of education and information about these incredible animals. People's minds were bombarded with horror movies from Hollywood casting tarantulas in an evil way and our parent's generation taught us that all spiders are ugly, nasty and dangerous. Now all of this nonsense is in the past. They are not medically significant and many are reluctant to bite. Education is the key. This site will show you the way. Enter the world of the tarantula. You will be amazed, delighted, fascinated and see incredible beauty in these creature's colors, patterns, sizes, behaviors and life cycles. Take a look at the index on the left of this page to see where you'd like to go today.

Thanks,
Todd Gearheart