Provides advice on having a tarantula as a pet, discussing their behaviors, housing, life cycle, selection, feeding, and handling. Includes glossary and a list of resources.
An illustrated guide to tarantula care that presents classification of tarantulas according to classes, orders, families, and subfamilies; a natural history of tarantulas; and advice on catching one's own, breeding, and the daily aspects of keeping tarantulas as pets.
Describes the physical traits, habitats, defenses, and life cycles of various kinds of arthropods, such as screwworms and the goliath bird-eating spider, and also discusses the work of medical entomologists.
A comparison of scorpions and tarantulas, their body type, hunting patterns and fighting style, and a decision on which would win if they fought each other.