NEWS FEED: Welcome to the British Tarantula Society web site - Currently going through a lot of updates and changes some links and pages may appear different or may not work correctly, work is ongoing. regards Mark

LINKS

 

If you wish to see a link to your site here email webmaster and I will post it here gladly. Please clearly mark your email LINK REQUEST. If they are not marked correctly I may miss them out by mistake when I update the site. Many thanks to Neil Brew for checking all the links for me


BTS Supporters: websites, company's and societies that offer a discounted or a free service for the BTS and its members. If you would like to see your link here and have something to offer the BTS then please contact me webmaster@thebts.co.uk 


A conservation education charity that runs a visitor centre in Berkshire, UK featuring a tropical rainforest-inspired ecological garden - including a bird-eating spider exhibit. Discounted entrance fee for BTS members.


Jon Fouskaris's, excellent web site, offering a free advert banner and promotion for the BTS.


Actively supporting the BTS and our future projects to be announced shortly


Supporting the BTS with a free advert in the new arachnocalender


La valle del sole - offers discounts to BTS Members


Actively supporting the BTS


Actively supporting the BTS


~General links~

SOCIETIES
Australian Tarantula Association
NEW
Aracnofilia
Associazione Italiana di Aracnologia
American Tarantula Society
British Tarantula Society

British Arachnological Society
Deutsche Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. The German Tarantula Society
The Dutch Tarantula Society
The Danish Tarantula Society

GEA Group d'etude des arachnides French Arachnid Society
The Spider Club of South Africa
ZAG Wirbellose im Terrarium German breeder group
Malaysian Tarantula Society NEW
Vogelspinne-ev German tarantula group

 

ONLINE TARANTULA & THEIR RELATIONS GROUPS
Arachnid World
This is a discussion list for anyone interested in arachnids, primarily tarantulas. Attachments are not permitted.
Arachnids-pix2 This group is a companion group to the "arachnid_world" discussion list. Its purpose is to allow members to post graphic images of arachnids.
SpiderTalk.net
  A breeding ground for arachnid discussion. We have forums, care sheets, a photo gallery, dealer reviews, and an arachnid database, all free for the arachnid enthusiast.

RECOMMENDED DISCUSSION FORUMS

  One of the largest forums out there highly recommended, run by Scott and Debbie Scher this forum covers a broad spectrum and has highly informative discussions.
A supporter of the BTS
  Excellent information and frequented by advanced hobbyists and beginners alike. Run by Phil and Tracy Messenger. Phil is a Ex committee member of the BTS.


Arachnid World
This is a discussion list for anyone interested in arachnids, primarily tarantulas. Attachments are not permitted.
Arachnids-pix2 This group is a companion group to the "arachnid_world" discussion list. Its purpose is to allow members to post graphic images of arachnids.
SpiderTalk.net
  A breeding ground for arachnid discussion. We have forums, care sheets, a photo gallery, dealer reviews, and an arachnid database, all free for the arachnid enthusiast.
 



DEALERS: Dealers listed here are in no way connected with the BTS. We do not endorse any of the traders listed here, all deals are between the customers and the dealers and remain between them solely. The BTS are not responsible for the content of any sites listed here. If you see something inappropriate on any site listed here contact the webmaster.
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BugsNStuff New link
e-spiderworld
John Hoke's over 2,500 tarantulas in stock for sale and they are priced as fairly as possible. (USA shipment only)

Exotic pets cumbria NEW!
Camzoo.co.uk
Glades Herp
Mark Kent Tarantulas
Spider-Mart Selling Tarantulas to the U.K.
Virginia Cheesman
The Spiders Trap
Michael Jacobi's Spider Shoppe
The Living Terrarium A Spider Shoppe
The Spider Shop - by Gaia-Bio -
Tarantula Barn -
Steve Paine's online tarantula resource
Tarantula-shop  Dan Parkers online store
www.tarantulaspiders.com 
Todd Gearheart
Nue world tarantulas NEW!
Southcoast Invertebrates


TARANTULA  RELATED WEBSITES (In English)
Australian Tarantula
Alan Herper

Arachnid Mailing List Home Page
Arachnology
Arachnophiles
Belly's Weird World under construction but very interesting
Bentrix's Bugs
Bird Spiders Rick C. West
Brum Tarantulas
Care sheets Fluker Farms (USA)
Carpet-tigers new link
Charlotte's Web
Chris's Tarantula Web
Chris Richardson's Tarantulas new URL
Creepy Crawley Show
Dan the Man's Tarantula Page
Dave's Tarantula Page With many tarantula pictures (USA)
Dave Wilkes Info on Herps and Tarantulas
Darrens Bug Box
Deano's spider gallery
Eight Legged Friends
Exotic-pets  NEW features a forum
Giant Spiders Guy Tansley's home page
G Wrights Tarantula care
Hay's Tarantula Web Pages A lot of pictures and information. Dr. Hays Cummins, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Fellow, Institute of Environmental Science, Miami University (USA)
Ian Graham Tarantula Page New
limweijingkelvin
Jordan's Tarantula Page

lycosa.net  web site by Danne Rydgren
Mikhail F. Bagaturov Tarantulas of the World, Keeping and Breeding
Milwaukee Public Museum
Minax Tarantulas 

Mygales A page about trap-door spiders. Didier Bach (In French and English) (France)
My Tarantula
National Geographic
New Mexico Species List Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes). The Fish & Wildlife Information Exchange. Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech (USA)
Pitstop for Pitvipers Information and pictures of tarantulas.
Petbugs.com Formally: Jon's Pet Arachnid & Insect Page now the new home of the bulletin board
Rosie A page about a Chilean rose hair tarantula (Grammostola rosea). Don Smith (USA)
Spiders from the web New site
SpiderTalk.net  A breeding ground for arachnid discussion. We have forums, caresheets, a photo gallery, dealer reviews, and an arachnid database, all free for the arachnid enthusiast.  
Spiders and Immunology
Steve Nunn's Australian Tarantulas
Spiderz

Spiderpix.com Martin Huber's tarantula and whip spider picture gallery NEW
Sydney Funnel Web spider Atrax rubustus; Chris Thompson and John Loadsman. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Department of Anaesthetics (Australia)
The Bug Club
The Tarantulas Nest
Tarantulas (eek a spider)
Some tarantula pictures. Bill Ewert (USA)
Tarantulas as Pets
Tarantula Care Invertebrate Zoology Section, Milwaukee Public Museum (USA)
Tarantulas
Tarantulas With QuickTime movie. Lactrodectus hesperus. Desert USA, Digital West Media (USA)
Tarantulas some pictures. Maydianne C.B. Andrade (Canada)
Tarantulas in captivity Common & scientific names, enclosures, substrate, foot items, ... Matt Davis (USA)
Tarantula Outpost
Tarantulas from the New World

Tarantula Store
Tarantula from South America and Java Victorian Spiders (Australia)
Tarantula World

TarantulaTom
Tarantulas Made Easy
Tarantulas Usher in the Fall Season
Ken Lavin. Wildlife of Mount Diablo State Park and Vicinity. Mount Diablo
 Interpretive Association (USA)
Tarantulas Online A lot of info
Trapdoor and Purseweb Spiders A picture and some information about Cyclocosmia torreya, a trapdoor spider from the Panhandle of Florida and a Purseweb spider, Sphodros abboti, from Georgia. D. Richman (USA)
The Tarantula's Burrow Martin Overton
The Tarantula's Nest With lots of information about tarantula's. Jon Wallis & Sam Dunkerley (UK)
The Tarantula Files A site with a lot of information of several tarantulas. Thomas Boston (Denmark)
The Tarantula & Rainforest Homepage Some pages about tarantula's and some other creatures. Dirk Eckardt (In German and English) (Germany)
Tracey's Tarantula's
Will's Tarantula Web With info and pictures. W. Hicks (USA)
www.tarantulaspiders.com  : The portal site on everything about tarantula spiders and other invertebrates. Created and maintained by Todd Gearheart.
6 Legs & SpiderSilk
12Gauge-Tarantula

TARANTULA RELATED WEB SITES (not in English)
Arachnomania - NEW
Arthropoda-planet
Matjaz Gregoric web site which is entirely in slovene, for now!
Arthropoda Hrvatska NEW - Croatian site about tarantulas, scorpions and insects
Arachnids - Capucine et ses copines
A French site with information and pictures of tarantulas. Chris (France)
Chris Vogelspinnenpage Pictures and information. Chris Dellert & Martin Nikolaiczyk (in German) (Germany)
Crazy about invertebrates With many pictures of tarantulas. Rasmus Vestergaard (in Danish) (Denmark)
Der Vogelspinnen - Treff Some info about tarantula's (in German) (Germany)
Die Vogelspinnenseite Martin Samesch. Universität Stuttgart (Germany)
Fågelspindel Lots of info in Swedish about tarantulas. Tomas Myrberg (Sweden)
Fågelspindel With a large list of pictures of tarantulas. Daniel Moeller (Sweden)
Lasiodora  The most successful webpage about birdspiders in Slovakia NEW!
limweijingkelvin
Lintuhhämähäkin hoito-ohjeita Some info about tarantulas. Reijo Nenonen. (in Finnish) (Finland)
Mygales et terrariums With info and pictures of some tarantulas. Patrice Martin (in French) (France) 
Mygales A page about trap-door spiders. Didier Bach (In French and English) (France)
Mygales Du Monde - NEW!
Ptasznikarium All about Birdspiders (in Polish).
Sklipkani
Czech language web site on tarantulas.
Spinnen in terraria A Belgian group of spider keepers and researchers (in Dutch) (Belgium)
Spider City this site is in German. For Tarantula enthusiasts, especially for beginners.
Il FORUM di sanguefreddo.net Italian forum NEW!
Tarantulas of the World Vogelspinnenposter, Vogelspinnen-Foto-Video, Loseblattsammlung über das Vorkommen der Vogelspinnen, Foto-Video-CD-ROM und die Terraristik-Zeitschrift. H.-J. Peters (Germany)
The Tarantula Files A site with a lot of information of several tarantulas. Thomas Boston (Denmark)
The Tarantula & Rainforest Homepage Some pages about tarantula's and some other creatures. Dirk Eckardt (In German and English) (Germany)
Vogelspinnen en schorpioenen A page with info about tarantula's from Artis, the Zoo of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Vogelspinnenzucht.de german site about breeding and keeping tarantulas
 

SCORPION WEB SITES
European Scorpions New site for enthusiast of European Scorpions

SERVICES
Moult sexing service and a tarantula ID service By Richard Gallon

MERCHANDISE
Blackwidow Clothing High quality tarantula gear, and tarantula expeditions 
Giant Spiders Guy Tansley's range of tarantula merchandise 
Tarantula Rangler
Virtual Creatures Download a virtual Tarantula, Mexican red knee or Chilean rose
Rick C West  Rick West photo gallery, hundreds of quality and accurately identified Tarantula photographs for commercial purposes.
EXPEDITIONS / TARANTULA STUDY / TATTOO'S TRIPS
Earth Tiger Tours and Tattooing By Seriousbite.com Tarantula expeditions, all inclusive guided tours of Malaysia and Borneo, . Book now for 2009 - Conducted By Mark Pennell and Dean Hewlett
Green tracks Tarantula related tours to South America with experts like Rick C West


TARANTULA FOOD SUPPLIES
Chiltern Reptiles online livefoods
Dinosaur Nutrition Ltd
Live foods for tarantulas and much more

MISC
Animal rescuers site that gives information on pets and animals,
Plan b design professional web design - discounts for BTS members
BBC Radio 4:
The BBC radio 4 web page about Martin Nicholas's trip you can listen to the adventure again.
Bristol Zoo, Living with spiders A Course at Bristol Zoo Gardens for people suffering from spider phobia
Pets delighted Social petworking
UK Mantid  NEW A new web site for Mantid keepers
E
xotic-pets  NEW - For everything exotic. This website has been set up to aid keepers and researchers of exotic pets alike.
4 Furryfeet NEW -
Online pet superstore with a good range of equipment useful for the tarantula keeper
Phasmid Study Group Updated!
Hermann Tortoise New
VetULike informative information, written by leading experts, on animal health issues including Lizards, Snakes Tortoises, Terrapins and other exotics with details on housing, nutrition and disease.
Venomous spiders By Peter Hansen

LIVE WEB CAMS:
www.TARANTULACAM.com   Live Webcam of the Largest Tarantula in the World


This links page has been updated and broken links have been updated and or removed if your web site is still active and the link is gone please email me the revised link. Apologies if I have missed any one, if so then mail me your links please, if your link is here please can you reciprocate

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