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In this episode, I share my thoughts on keeping fossorial tarantulas on shallow substrate in order to make them more visible. I also explain my issue ...

Which tarantulas should be in every "complete" collection? With this fun list, I share the species that I think everyone should keep at some...

It happens to many of us. What starts off as a modest collection of a few arachnids soon explodes into dozens of spiders. For those who find themselve...

There is just so much misinformation about tarantulas out there, and I often wonder how some of the crazier stuff originates (and why people would bel...

For those who haven't heard, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has release their final ruling on Poecilotheria species. Long and short of it, five...

Although there is obviously a learning curve for this hobby (there is for any hobby), I DO believe that folks oftentimes try to make tarantula keeping...

Reluctantly, I'm going to give my thoughts on the recent fiasco resulting from a seizure of a particular species of tarantulas that were being im...

A couple of years ago, I sat down to make a list of what I thought were the top beginner species. Part fun, put informational, the article was meant t...

This topic seems all the rage lately, and after a recent email discussion with a new hobbyist, I thought that I'd weigh in on the "debate.&q...

After recently putting together a retrospective video about my M. balfouri communal, and having just set up communals for two other species, I thought...

I get asked this quite a bit, and I honestly don't think that there is an easy answer. There is so much involved, including the strength of the r...

A review of what is probably my favorite genus of tarantula...Poecilotheria.