BTS Expo 2008

[Kate Arbon]

I got what I went for and then some.

Big adult female G. aureostriata from a guy called Tony off Arachnophiles, don't know if he comes here but if he does, thank you Tony she's lovely!!
5 P. regalis slings to start my first communal setup
P. irminia sling, H. maculata sling (thank you Mary!)
A. geniculata sling
Juvenile G. pulchra which, having had a good look ventrally once I got home, I am 95% sure is female, which is awesome
And a mystery T which my housemate bought me and I have yet to figure out the ID of. But it's very cute and calm with a heart shaped mirror patch.

My housemate went aiming to get a G. pulchra and managed to get a subadult female straight after walking through the door so he is well happy. Didn't see any GBBs tho, they must have been snapped up really quickly, I probably would have got one if I'd seen them.

[Colin D Wilson]

enjoy ya bargains colin and toran lol

Bargains are already in use Matey, Muchly appreciated.

[matthew spooner]

if you ever need any more colin just gimme shout, i got a never ending supply of em and i am selling them on ebay at the moment, trust me if you saw em going on there you would realize how much of a bargain you got lol. neway gimme a shout if you want any more and i will do you a deal.

[Gary Pomeroy]

I came home with the following much to the other halves disapproval...

Ephebopus cyanognathus
Haplopelma lividum
Maraca horrida
Xenesthis immanis
Thrixopelma pruriens

2 Custom Aquaria tanks
BTS T-Shirt & membership renewal



Gary

[Ray Gabriel]

Many thanks to Ray et all for the exhibition, great to meet all the peeps old and new really nice to see Layla and Craig again, Wendy always a pleasure, and all the newbies who came to ask questions / advice dont be scared to ask.

Came back with 2 A. minatrix fems and 1.1 T ockerti...............dont know what i am doing with them though????

Great show hopefully ill be there next year.

Hope to see all again next year

Ray N Lesley

[Tom Forman]

shame you didn't spot the GBB's kate. they were good specimens and pretty cheap too. I still saw two about at 2pm.

[Peter Roach]

We left way too early and with no traffic got there about 8 o/c.
Had a nice leisurely set-up before having a look around before the public were let in, and then ran out of time to look around thoughly because I was talking too much
Mangaged to slip away for a while after the first mad rush to grap a few spideys

I came home with

Ceratogryrus marshali AF x 1
Ceratogryrus marshali juvs x 5
Ceratogryrus darlingi juvs x 6
Ceratogryrus bechuanicus juvs x 6
Cyriocosmus elegans sub adult x 3
Cyriocosmus elegans juvs x 2
Cyriocosmus perezmilesi AF x 1
Cyclosternum fasciata slings x 5
Aphonapelma iodus sling x 2
Psalmopoeus irminia juv x 1
Psalmopoeus cambridgei X 2
Avicularia versicolor slings X 10
Brachypelma albopilosa juvs x 20
Scorpio maurus x 3
Chalcosoma caucasus larvae x 3

Cant wait until next year

[Phil Messenger]

Hi All,
Another show done, well done to the BTS for another good one

good to catch up with everyone and meet some new folk.

well done to all involved

[SylviRigden]

Hi, THANK YOU BTS!!! for a geat show and a great day, all your hard work was really appreciated. We had a great day, the lecture was excellent. It was lovely meeting up to have a good chat with old friends and meeting up with new ones We seem to have increased our T holding rather more than we planned lol.

Thanks again
Sylvi & Julie xx

[Tracy Sherwood-Farnfield]

BTS show/Birthday Spider

T'was my birthday last Monday (thanks for the 'best wishes' from those on FB!) and by shear good fortune I was delighted with a cheque from my mother-in-law as I was late getting my 'list' in this year. Armed with said cash, off husband and I trundled to the BTS show, accompanied by our 'accomodation' for the weekend (who were very good about being dragged along to look at spiders).

I returned with a lovely G.rosea, RCF that I have named Tallulah. I wasn't especially looking for another G.rosea (like Ruby, my first and previously only T) but this one looked so sweet and was about the same size as Ruby, thus no need (yet) to purchase mulitple-sized prey items.

I moved her in this morning, after letting the substrate dry out a bit by the radiator last night, and she just very clamly stepped in, and sat quite content in the corner. I am at work now, so am missing her settling in, but that is probably for the best!! I hope she gets on well with Ruby as a neighbour!! It is nice having the tanks side-by-side as you can really appreciate the colour difference.

So, there we go, No. of T's up to 2, both G.rosea but a blonde and a red-head!

[SylviRigden]

We did well too, we got

6 A versi's -thanks Howard they are beautiful
2 hot cakes.... P cambrigs from Mary - thank you Mary
one of Johnny's P irmimia's - we'll look after it well for you Johnny
P ornata sling
C sherodi thingy from Pete - thanks Peter ( need to learn how to spell that one )
H mac sling
and lots of bargin tanks and KK's

[Kate Arbon]

Congratulations, I think G. rosea are massively understated spiders. Lots of people seem to disregard them just because they are common and seen as 'beginners' Ts. But I think they are lovely, and the RCFs are in my opinion one of the best looking spiders around!

[Nicola Dolby]

Congratulations Tracey! Many happy returns and enjoy all those fun years with your spids!

[tonyelse]

I got what I went for and then some.

Big adult female G. aureostriata from a guy called Tony off Arachnophiles, don't know if he comes here but if he does, thank you Tony she's lovely!!
them.

Yes I do Kate, and yes she's lovely isn't she. I wish you luck with breeding her.

[Peter Lacey]

C sherodi thingy from Pete - thanks Peter (need to learn how to spell that one)

My first and definitely not my last, a great experience although quite a busy one. Helping Peter Roach turned into quite a job but I really enjoyed it and it was great to talk to so many people about our hobby, some of whom I know from forums some I have no idea. I enjoyed the fact that both Ray Hale and Andrew Smith took the time to visit the stalls and chat but regret not introducing myself to Mark P til the end, Kim looked rather perplexed at my Hi Bye greeting It was good to see so many kids too, Louise your little girl is lovely (and so is your older girl, eXtRa Strrrrrong mInTs). The kids that came to the stall were given renditions of Boehmei Rhapsody or this spider is "Grease Lighting", I think I enjoyed that more than they did!
Not enough time to search out what I wanted but I came back with:
6 custom aquaria tanks
10 petpals
lovely bit of cork tubing and a heat mat
Andrew Smith DVD
P. fasciata 4" (thanks Peter)
P. striata 6"
H. maculata x3 (thanks Mary)
Cyriopagopus schioedtei x2 (there you go Sylvi, thanks Andy)
A. avic - Fiona (thanks Mary)
M. robustum
N. chromatus
G. aureostriatum
G. rosea RCF (thanks Colin)
A. versicolor x40
P. murinus (OMG! an OBT!)
T. aridifolia sinensis mantids x ? (thanks Anthony)
Indonesian stick insects (can't remember the scientific name) x 2

Tom, was you one of the Brummie lads that came up to our stall, talking about the L. klugi which seemed to be our show T for the day.

Can we do it all again next week?