Just to say Hello

[Yvonne Woolley]

Thank you for the advise re latin names and the title of the Tarantula book,I found one in Waterstones on line and the great news is they do not charge for delivery they only seem to have the paper back but for under £7.00p and sent out the next day it seems a real bargain . I have one or two books on spiders and this one is eagerly awaited as i need help with the latin names too. Thank You Yvonne

[Peter Roach]

Dont know if posting a link to another tarantula society is allowed but he goes anyway

A Key to the Pronunciation and Meaning of Scientific Names of Popular Species. (American Tatantula society)
Part 1 http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp1.html
Part 2 http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp2.html

[James Box]

cheers! i'll have to give that some practice

[garysmith]

vietnamese black

My T' has curled up in a wee ball and has not moved since Thursday night. Is she dead or moulting??? She is not on her back but is facing upwards sitting on her rump with her fangs fully exposed

[Colin D Wilson]

The most natural position for a spider to die in (and yes there are exeptions) is to have all its legs pulled up under it and seems to be in a crouching position.

I would use a soft paintbrush and gently try to push the spider to move it, if it just rolls over and doesn't try in the slightest to right itself then unfortunately is would seem it has passed.

Colin

[Billy Gimson]

My T' has curled up in a wee ball and has not moved since Thursday night. Is she dead or moulting??? She is not on her back but is facing upwards sitting on her rump with her fangs fully exposed

doesn't sound normal

[Yvonne Woolley]

Thanks Peter, I have had a glance and it seems really helpfull.
Yvonne