Articles

Articles

The Hanumavilasum Tiger Spider Sanctuary Poecilotheria Sanctuary report By Andrew M Smith (BTS Chairman)
The Hanumavilasum Tiger Spider Sanctuary UPDATE Poecilotheria Sanctuary report By Andrew M Smith (BTS Chairman) NEW UPDATE
The_Rameshwaram_Parachute Spider Report By Andrew M Smith (BTS Chairman) NEW
Keeping Tarantulas By Richard Gallon NEW! ( basic guide on the subject)
SO YOU WANT TO KEEP... TARANTULAS. by Carl Portman ©
Vol.11 Onwards By Stephen C. Copley, March 2001 Updated March 2002 now in html
Brachypelma smithi egg laying By Carl Portman
Figgis blows his stack (revisited) By Carl Portman
Observations on an experiment with spiderlings of Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock 1895.  By Carl Portman
Successful Breeding of Avicularia  auranticum (formerly magdalena). By Carl Portman
Tree Spider of the Hutan (Malaysian Rainforest) By Mark Pennell. Updated version.

Notes and Observations of Poecilotheria smithi and the Threat to its Survival in Captivity and Sri Lanka
By Ray Gabriel, Nicolai Pedersen and Søren Rafn NEW

From the B.T.S. Archives!  blasts from the past, posted by special request. Hey just ask me!

The Cause and Effect on the bite of Selenocosmia lanipes.  
By Ray Hale
Scuttle Flies And Their Relationship With Tarantulas
By Guy Tansley
The Emperor Scorpion, Pandinus imperator (C.L. KOCH) in Captivity Part I: Basic Care and Maintenance
By: Lucian K. Ross, published in Vol. 17No.4 August 2002
New World Arboreal Tarantulas 101
Lucian K. Ross, published in Vol. 17 No.1 November 2001
Notes and Observations Regarding the Bite of Poecilotheria pederseni
By Ray Gabriel, published in Vol.17 No.2 February 2002
Avicularia minatrix Some notes on husbandry, Breeding & Rearing
By Ray Gabriel
BEGINNER¹S GUIDE TO THE TARANTULA KEEPING HOBBY
by Todd Gearheart
The Natural History of Tarantula Spiders
Richard C. Gallon
Scuttle Flies And Their Relationship With Tarantulas
Guy Tansley
A Review Of Substrates Used In Tarantula Vivaria
Richard C. Gallon
Observations on Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) in southern Iberia
By Richard C Gallon © British Tarantula Society Study Group

 

Book Reviews
Book Review of TARANTULAS OF BELIZE by Steven B. Reichling, reviewed by Ann Webb (NEW)
Book Review  By Carl Portman “Mygales, Découverte Élevage”by Jean-Michel Verdez and Frédéric Cléton
Book review By Maurice Pledger SPIDERS OF AUSTRALIA. An introduction to their classification, Biology and Distribution NEW
 

European Coordinators Reports (all by Carl Portman unless stated )

Hamm show (correctly called Terraristika)
Hamm Show report 2 October 2002
European Report March 2003

BTS Show Reports

Report on the 1st Annual BTS Lectures 15th February 2003 - Hilton Hotel, Bristol By Ray Hale NEW
BTS 2002: The show that never ends! By Ray Hale
2001 A Spider Odyssey By Ray Hale
Pictures from the BTS Show 2001 By Mark Pennell