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Tarantulaspiders.com is the "portal" site on the web for everything about tarantula spiders and their close invertebrate relatives. These beautiful and fascinating creatures 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. 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
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Check out the movie on this new, giant-growing species. Perfect soundtrack to compliment the hype about this monster!
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This desert centipede is very rare in the hobby. Habitat destruction in Arizona and the drought out there in the last decade has made this species quite scarce. Every effort needs to be made to produce them more in captivity. They are yellowish-orange in the body with a black head and black tail.
Extremely RARE in the U.S. hobby!!! These are the GIANTS of the world in tailless whipscorpions!
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SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION: AUTHOR & DATE: (Butler 1973)
RANGE: Amazon areas of South America/lowland rainforest
This periodic import from Guyana looks like E. cyanognathus, but a slightly smaller species overall. It is a colorful, medium-sized species for intermediate to advanced keepers.
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This bizarre lizard is a burrowowing species that lives in several countries of South America. It spends most of its time underground. It uses its strong jaws to catch small invertebrates or insects (especially ants) to eat. It is very nocturnal in its habits. It reaches a length of 12 to 18 inches (30-45 cm).
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