The following are special sale announcements. Usually they are good for 24 hrs. or up to a week, but it is based on availablity. If you wait too long and some of the original number has been sold, the price will be slightly higher, so don't snooze and take advantage of these specials. Email your order to sales@tarantulaspiders.com

8/26/08:

15 Dolomedes okefinokensis “Giant Swamp Fishing Spider”, (A/F/A), WC sub-adult/adult, 3.5"-4.5", TAKE THE WHOLE GROUP FOR $8 EACH!

*** Florida residents will need the "FL Arthropod Permit" to possess, breed, import, sale and transport select invertebrates.

• FL residents may buy and keep tarantulas (Theraphosidae family) and scorpions of the Hadogenes Pandinus, Heterometrus and Hadrurus genera and any native FL invertebrates, but anything outside of that scope, you will need to apply for a permit to buy, keep, breed, sale, exhibit and transport.

TAXONOMY AND NEWS SPECIES UPDATES:

July 21, 2008: New species: Pamphobeteus crassifemur, Bertani, Sayuri & Silva Jr, 2008 (Brazil, states of Rondonia and Western Mato Grosso)
July 21, 2008: New species: Pamphobeteus grandis, Bertani, Sayuri & Silva Jr, 2008 (Brazil, Western part of the states Acre and Amazonas)
July 2008 (?): New species: Psalmopoeus langenbucheri (Venezuela)

CHINA IMPORT PRICE LIST:

* Updated 9/2/08.

* Current import status: This import will arrive Sep. 7 and reserved orders will ship after Sep. 8. The 2nd import is being coordinated and new orders taken for arrival in October.

* Email your *NEW* order for September/October to sales@tarantulaspiders.com

August 29, 2008: "Deadly Afghan Spider Hitches Ride Home With U.K. Soldier, Kills Family Dog". See: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080828/tuk-giant-spider-bit-pet-dog-t...

July 25, 2008: "Tarantulas and fire ants lurk in Texas Flood Waters". See: www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9251MP81&show_article=1

Jan. 26, 2008: "SPCA Says Pink Toe Tarantula, Hissing Roaches Among 200 Animals Rescued From Texas Home". See: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325770,00.html