JOURNAL of the BRITISH TARANTULA SOCIETY

[ISSN  0962-449X]

Contents list for Volume 11 (1995)  è
Compiled by:
Stephen C. Copley (Dec. 2001 – 4th edition)
PREFACE

This document is a compilation of the contents of the Journal from Volume 11 onwards.  The intention is to update it as each new volume is published.

In compiling this list, I attempted to follow the format set, by Jason Dunlop, in the production of the Contents List for Volumes 1-10.  The format is described in the Preface to that document.  However, unlike the earlier document, I have not altered the case style or italicized all Latin names.  Therefore, the approach here has been to present the title and author exactly as published.

                       

                                                            Stephen C. Copley, March 2001
Edited into html for the BTS web site. By M.Pennell. A word document is available on request email me for details

Volume 11, Number 1, 1995
Rick West  RICK’S BIT 14-15
Guy Tansley   MATING AND EGG SAC PRODUCTION IN
LASIODORA PARAHYBANA 		15-20
Gunnar Alroth    HOW DANGEROUS ARE TARANTULAS IN REALITY? 20-25
Peter Kirk  B.T.S. ANNUAL EXHIBITION 1995  26-27
Richard Gallon   TARANTULA FOOD  27-29

Kathleen and John Hancock

OBSERVATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN SCORPION– EUSCORPIUS FLAVICAUDIS

    29-30

         

Volume 11, Number 2, 1996

Carl and Susan Portman 

 OUR FIRST TARANTULA  52-55
Mark Allison  THE KEEPING OF AVICULARIA SP. IN CAPTIVITY 55-57
Dr. Robert Bustard POECILOTHERIA REGALIS ‘AIRLIE BRAE’     57-58
John Greaves.

THE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF A TWINTERRARIUM WITH LIGHTING & HUMIDITY CONTROL.

 58-61
Rick West RICK’S BIT  61-63
Ann Webb PARENTS PLEASE – TAKE CARE 63
Jason Dunlop  

ONCE UPON A TIME, SOMEONE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT RED-LEGGED TARANTULAS…

64-65

 

Volume 11, Number 3, 1996

Dirk Weickmann & Renate Burda

 ELECTROPHORESIS OF SCORPION VENOMS  85-91
Ray Hale THE BRITISH TARANTULA SHOW 92-94
Ronald N. Baxter

COMMENTS ON POECILOTHERIA REGALIS “AIRLIE BRAE” 

 94-96
Andrew M. Smith   THE MUSE OF A MALE TARANTULA 96-98
Richard C. Gallon (Homo sapiens ‘thin form’)            STRAINS ON THE POCKET 98-100
PeterKirk  Video Review Desert Tarantulas by Andrew M. Smith. 100-101
Carl Portman   WILMA’S FIRST MOULT 101-102

 

Volume 11, Number 4, 1996
Mark Whittaker  THE PROBLEM WITH HAIR!    120
John W. Hancock B.T.S. RESEARCH GROUP 121
M. Arrowsmith   FEEDING STRATEGIES OF TARANTULAS 121-122
Martin Nicholas  PREMATURE REGENERATION DURING ECDYSIS 122-124

Steve Fooks & Tracy Copperthwaite

 A VERY UNUSUAL TARANTULA  125-126
Guy Tansley  REARING THE GIANT HUNTSMAN SPIDER Sparassus walckenaeri (Sparassidae) 126-132
J.P. Clapp INBREEDING OF TARANTULAS 132-134
Andrew M. Smith April 1996. Book Review Scorpions – A Comprehensive Guide by Kathleen Hancock.  Illustrated by John Hancock ISBN 09515324-7-2  134

        

Volume 12, Number 1, 1996
Ray Hale  B.T.S. LIBRARY  10
Carl Portman  THE A - Z OF SPIDERS 10-11
Guy Tansley

THE KING BABOON: NOTES ON REARING AND PROBLEMS MATING

 11-13
Peter Kirk B.T.S. Annual Exhibition 1996 13-15
Ray Hale SILLY BREEDERS 15-17
Peter J. Kirk 

A NEW SPECIES OF POECILOTHERIA (ARANEAE :THERAPHOSIDAE) FROM SRI LANKA

 20-30

 

Volume 12, Number 2, 1996
Paul Carpenter  Breeding Directory 48-49
Paul Carpenter Tarantula Directory 49-50
Richard C. Gallon TOP TARANTULA TIPS 50-52
Jason Dunlop A SPIDER AND ITS SILK ARE RARELY PARTED…….. 52-54
Andrew M. Smith

A REVIEW OF THE TAXONOMIC REVISION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY PHILIP CHARPENTIER IN THE MAGAZINE EXOTHERMAE – BETWEEN THE YEARS 1993-96  

54-58

 

Volume 12, Number 3, 1996
Ann Webb

BOOK REVIEW THE TARANTULA’S WORLD by Akira Tomimizu  ISBN 4-89512-360-X

 78
Guy Tansley THE TROUBLE WITH MALES 79-80
Martin R. Nicholas ARAÑA POLLITA THE HUNT FOR THE CHICKEN SPIDER 81-90
Paul Dowthwaite

THE BLACK-FOOTED RED FOX TARANTULA – Paraphysa manicata

 91-92
Thomas Ezendam MATING PROBLEMS WITH THE KING BABOON 92-94
Michael Summerfield DRUGGED SPIDERS 95

 

Volume 12, Number 4, 1997
Martin R. Nicholas

ARAÑA POLLITA THE HUNT FOR THE CHICKEN SPIDER  Part Two 

 113-123
Richard C. Gallon TARANTULA NOMENCLATURE 124-127
Kathleen & John Hancock THE FEMALE AND FAIR TRADING 127-128
Michael L. Sullivan OBSERVATIONS OF A TRAPDOOR SPIDER BITE 128-129
Gareth D TESSA’S LODGER  129

 

Volume 13, Number 1, 1997
Peter Kirk

BOOK REVIEW I  “The Tarantula”by William J. Baerg  ISBN 0 9524083 09 

 13-14
Guy Tansley 

BOOK REVIEW II  “An Introduction to the Tarantulas of South East Asia – A Study of the Genus Haplopelma” by Ray Hale  ISBN 0 9530816 05

14

Kathleen and John Hancock

VIDEO REVIEW  “Novice’s Guide To Keeping Tarantulas” by GKVIDEO

  15

Robert Bustard and Mick Deaville 

 

SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND FEEDING IMPLICATIONS IN THE SOUTH INDIAN ORNAMENTAL (Poecilotheria regalis)                

  16-17
Ray Hale  B.T.S. SHOW 1997  20-22
Mr. V. Kumar  GIANT CENTIPEDES IN CAPTIVITY 22-24
Richard C. Gallon SOME COMMON BRITISH SPIDERS  24-26

R. & F. Pewtress and T. & K. Haddow

A CAPTIVE BREEDING OF THE CHILE ROSE TARANTULA Grammostola spatulata     

27-29

 

Volume 13, Number 2, 1997

Hans Rotteveel & Arjan de Weger

 Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum 46-48
Andrew M. Smith Collecting Tarantulas in Morocco  49-54
Clive Farrow Observations of Poecilotheria subfusca  54-55
Guy Tansley

Cast-skin Sex Determination of Tarantulas : A ‘What To Look For’ Guide

55-57
Thomas Ezendam Successful Breeding with Ceratogyrus darligii  57-59
Andrew McHugh

The Captive Reproduction Of The South American Theraphosid Spider Xenesthis immanis in Captivity 

 60-63
Dr. Robert Bustard Humidity For Tarantulas   63-64
Mark Allison  Collecting Tarantulas In Ecuador 64-65
Jenny Brown SPIDERS 65

 

Volume 13, Number 3, 1998
Steve Beeson  B.T.S. Breeding Directory  77-78
Richard C. Gallon

(the new Administrator) The B.T.S. Study Group (formerly the B.T.S. Research Group)  

 78-79
Ann Webb

Book Review  “Tarantulas In Captivity” by Dr Robert Bustard

 79-80
Karen Peebles Tarantula Fighting in the U.S.A. 80-81
Carl Portman Successful Breeding of Avicularia auranticum 81-84
Mike Jope Giant Centipedes 84-86
Rick West Peruvian Tarantula Expedition (or How Far Is Far?) 86-91
Jason Dunlop So who was responsible for the Theraphosidae? 91-93
Paul Cawsey  A Few Personal Observations on Brachypelma vagans and Brachypelma angustum Spiderlings 94-95
Ray Gabriel  Notes On Psalmopoeus irminia 95-97
Ray Hale

To Catch A Fly

 97-99

                                                                 

Volume 13, Number 4, 1998
Steve Beeson B.T.S. Breeding Directory 114
Ray Hale 13th Annual B.T.S. Show 114-115
John Hancock  What can we do for the Millennium 115-116
Martin R. Nicholas

The Ghost On The Bridge (An account of a tarantula hunt in Borneo)

 117-138

 

Volume 14, Number 1, 1998
Mark Pennell Meet The Committee (part….oh, I don’t know!) 9-10
Ray Hale The B.T.S. And Trade Fairs 10
Andrew Smith. The Perils Of Hybridisation 10-11
Don Scowan 

Book Reviews Les Mygales by Pierre Paillard Guide des Mygales by Pierre Turbang L’Élevage des Mygales by Jean Michel Verdez, Frédéric Cléton, Philippe Gérard. 

 12
Peter Kirk Magazine Review Webbings – Invertebrate Magazine 13
Richard C. Gallon Time To Change Those Tank Labels Again! (Intended for cultural nomenclature only.  The below are not scientific synonymies!)  13-15
Martin Paulsen Pterinochilus junodi Spiderling Becomes A mature Male 15-22
Ray Hale They Think It’s All Over……………….!  22-24
Jason Dunlop How Tarantulas Filter Their Food 24-26
Andrew M. Smith. The Gambia – Searching For Pandinus (Part 1) 26-29

 

Volume 14, Number 2, 1998
Richard C. Gallon A Response To Carl Portman’s Letter 44-47
Angela Hale British Tarantula Society Friendship Scheme  47
Ray Gabriel Avicularia minatrix – Some notes on husbandry, breeding & rearing   47-49
Martin R. Nicholas THE MISSING LINK – Tarantula Hunting on the Island of Dominica 50-61
Andrew M. Smith & Peter Kirk The Tarantula Keepers GuideBy Stanley & Marguerite Schultz 62-63
Andrew M. Smith –Chairman B.T.S. Committee News 63
Robert Gale Breene III  Big Glass Houses 63-64

       

Volume 14, Number 3, 1999
Angela Hale The B.T.S. Friendship Scheme 80
Richard Gallon The B.T.S. Study Group 81
Mike Jope Mating Behaviour In Avicularia auranticum  81-83
Andrew M. Smith. The Gambia – Searching For Pandinus (Part II) 83-86
Richard C. Gallon A Review Of Substrates Used In Tarantula Vivaria  86-89
Rick C. West Brazilian Odyssey 89-93
Thomas Ezendam Out of Africa 94-95
Guy Tansley Scuttle Flies And Their Relationship With Tarantulas 96-98
Neal McClimon Central Tarantula Group 98
Peter Kirk Spi-Zone Journal Review  98-99
Jesús Hernández  Time and Life Exhibition 99

 

Volume 14, Number 4, 1999
Carl Portman Experiences With Ecdysis 114-117
Jon Lamoureux Theraphosid Catalogue : 5 volumes by John Hancock Review of number five 118
Mark Pennell (B.T.S. Webmaster) THE B.T.S. WEBSITE 118-119
Neal McLimon The Mating Of The Rio Black 120-122
Peter Kirk The 1999 British Tarantula Society Exhibition 124
Richard Gallon  The Study Group At The B.T.S. Show 124
John & Kathleen Hancock Can I Return My Spiders To The Wild? 125-126
Francesco Tomasinelli Isopoda (Holconia) immanis 126-128
Andrew M. Smith The Gambia – Searching For Pandinus (Part III) 129-135

 

Volume 15, Number 1, 1999
Ray Hale You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 9-11
Mark Allison The Breeding Directory 11
Ray Gabriel The Breeding And Rearing Of An Unidentified Neochilobrachys Species 11-13
Jon-Paul Lamouroux WHY? Urticating Hairs. 13-14
Martin Paulsen A Harpactira Burrow Reveals The Secrets Of Its Occupant 14-23
Stew Bell Save The Arachnid 23-25
Stefano Capannini  Italian Show Report  25-26
Peter Kirk In Memoriam : John Turner 27

 

Volume 15, Number 2, 1999
Carl Portman Hale To The B.T.S. Exhibition Organisers  41-42
Thomas Ezendam Out Of Africa (part 2) 42-49
Andrew M. Smith In Search Of The Earth Tiger 49-60
Martin Paulsen The Reclining Pose Of The Tarantula 60-63
Astri Leroy Venom Vs Poison 63-64

 

Volume 15, Number 3, 2000
Günter Schmidt The Mystery of Selencosmia huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993, a tarantula from China  77-79
Francesco Tomasinelli  Cupiennius salei 79-82
Martin R. Nicholas Earth Tiger Tarantulas of the Cameron Highlands  83-101

 

Volume 15, Number 4, 2000
Ann Webb Book Review Collins Keeping Creepy Crawlies by Dave Clarke SBN 0-00-413398-6  £4.99 116
Peter Kirk Video Review I Earth Tigers – Tarantula of Borneo Fitzgerald Video productions.  Price £10. 116-117
Thomas Ezendam Wild-caught…  Or Not? 117-119
František Kovařik  Rearing Of The Scorpion Lychas scutilus  120-123
Clare Elderkin A First Experience of Ecdysis  123
Randy J. Mercurio Notes On The “Trapdoor” Spider Idiops Perty, 1883  124-129
Andrew M. Smith The Bird Eating Spiders Of 18th And 19th Century Arachnology 129-134
Susan Portman Breeding Brachypelma smithi  135-138

 

Volume 16, Number 1, 2000  
Ray Hale The Long and Winding Road 8-9
Richard C. Gallon Captive maintenance of Steatoda spp. and other Theridiidae spiders 9-11
Tony Packer Who Would Be A Male? 11-12
Ray Gabriel Mites, Artificial Incubation And First Successful Breeding Of A New Species Of Asian Spider 12-14
Richard Gallon & Ray Gabriel Notes on the Breeding and Maintenance of Pterinochilus murinus in Captivity 15-20
Frantisek Kovařik Cave Scorpions 21-22
Andrew M. Smith The Bird Eating Spiders Of 18th And 19th Century Arachnology (PartII)  23-30

 

Volume 16, Number 2, 2001
Carl Portman The RSPCA – Friend Or Foe? 40-41
Guy Tansley Citharischius crawshayi – The King Baboon – First Successful UK Breeding? 41-43
Paul Carpenter The British Tarantula Society National Collection Scheme  44-45
Richard C. gallon Rearing Small Spiderlings 45-46
Andrew M. Smith, Paul Carpenter, Jon-Paul Lamoureux  Study Notes On An Interesting Example Of Habitat Adaptation In The Sri Lankan Theraphosid Spider Poecilotheria fasciata  46-59
Carl Portman A Trap-door Theraphosid  59-63
Ray Gabriel Notes On The Reproductive Ecology Of Phlogiellus stirlingi  63-65

                                     

Volume 16, Number 3, 2001
Peter J. Kirk A New Species Of Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae) From Sri Lanka 77-88
Mark Pennell  Tree Spider of the Hutan (Malaysian Rainforest)  88-95
Lucian K. Ross Captive Care and Maintenance of Arboreal BaboonSpiders (Stromatopelma and Heteroscodra) 95-102
Andrew M. Smith Phlogiellus, Phlogius and Selenocosmia stirlingi – but which one? 102-105

 

Volume 16, Number 4, 2001
Dr. Robert Bustard Feeding Baby Goliaths (Theraphosa blondi) 110-111
Ray Hale Spider Odyssey 2001: Back to the Future 111-113
Romain Pizzi BVSc MSc MRCVS  The Great Food Debate: To feed or not to feed, wild caught food 113-115
Lucian K. Ross Introductory Guidelines for Terrestrial Asiatic Theraphosids in Captivity   116-119
Mark Pennell (Webmaster)   B.T.S. Web Site News 120
Martin R. Nicholas Observations On The Habitat And Behaviour Of The Singapore Reddish-Brown Tarantula Coremiocnemis validus (Pocock 1895) 120-128
Richard C. Gallon Control of Invertebrate Pests in Tarantula Vivaria   128-1301
Andrew Smith The History Of Keeping Tarantula Spiders In Britain Between The Years 1855 To 1923 (Part One) 131-137
 
Volume 17, Number 1, 2001
Angela Hale The BTS Friendship Scheme 2
Mark Pennell (webmaster) BTS Website News 2-3
Andrew Smith Chairman’s Report 2001 3-4
Andy Matthews The Merchant of Doom and Gloom Cometh 4-5
Lucian K. Ross New World Arboreal Tarantulas 101 6-16
Richard C. Gallon Brazilian Theraphosid Field Notes 17-23
“Stewart Backer” Smoking and Spiders do Mix 24
Andrew M. Smith The history of the Keeping of Tarantula Spiders in Britain Between the Years 1923 – 1945: Part Two 25-31
Paul Carpenter Do They Need a meaty Diet  31
Carl Portman Book Review: “Mygales, Découverte Élevage”  32

 

Feb/March 2002, Vol. 17, No. 2
Pennell, M.  Website Report 40
Ross, L. K.  The Emperor Scorpion, Pandinus imperator (C.L. KOCH) in Captivity Part I: Basic Care and Maintenance 40-45
Dunlop, J.  An Arachnid Which Turned Out to be Invented 46-48
Backer, S.  Wild Caught..Or Not? Some More Thoughts 48-49
Fredrick, B.  Feeding Tarantulas Fatty Foods 50-51
West, R. C.  Eastern Hemisphere Tarantula Project 51-57
McIntyre, S.  More Sense Than Money 57-61
Gabriel, R.  Notes and Observations Regarding the Bite of Poecilotheria pederseni 61-64
Chard, T.  Fright of my Life 65

 

May 2002, Vol. 17, No. 3
Guy, D. J. An Observation of British Spiders in Captivity.
Pizzi, R. Autotomy in Theraphosids: How to Amputate Your Own Leg if You’re a Spider!
Tomasinelli, F. Ancylometes: Captive Care and Breeding of Giant Fishing Spiders.
Smith, A. M., Carpenter, P. & Lamoureux, J. P. Field Notes and Observations on the Highland Theraphosid Spider Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) From Sri Lanka, with Particular Reference to Habitat Destruction, Deforestation and Low Temperatures Encountered.
Portman, C. European Coordinator Statement.

 

August 2002 Vol.17 No.4
Hale, R. “You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave” The BTS Exhibition 2002   104
Smith, A. Book Review - Rearing Stick & Leaf Insects by Ronald Baxter 105
Kerslake, A. Sweet Jars as Tarantula Homes 106-107
Chard, T. Behaviour 107
Ross, L. K. The Emperor Scorpion, Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch) in Captivity.  Part II: Breeding and Contributions to Conservation 108-111
Portman, C. Figgis Blows His Stack (revisited) 111-112
Perry, L. Captive Breeding of the Funnelweb Spider Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) 113-121
Greaves, J. Terrariums for Tarantulas 122-127
Gallon, R. C. Theraphosid Taxonomy in Progress 128

 

November 2002, Vol. 18, No. 1
Conabeer, M. Pet Shop Listings 2
Tomasinelli, F. Life in the Hole: An Interesting Approach to Housing Female Poecilotheria 3-5
Gabriel, R. Here We Go Again – Selective Breeding in Tarantulas 5-8
Nicholas, M. Hunting the Mexican Red-Rump Tarantula in Belize 9-20
Vol, F. Stridulation in Tarantulas 21-27

 

August 2003, Vol. 18, No. 4
Smith, A. M. Mr. A. R. Buxton: a Victorian Tarantula Hobbyist 100-105
Allison, M. A Beginners’ Guide to Rearing Avicularia Spiderlings in Captivity 105-106
Capannini, S. Wild Caught – Captive Bred: The Never Ending Dilemma 106-109
Portman, S. Reply to Keith Smith’s Article ‘Runt of the Litter’ in the BTS Journal Vol. 18, No. 2 109
Kumar, V. The First Captive Breeding of the Giant Malaysian Sun Tiger Cyriopagopus thorelli 110-115
Smith, M. The BTS Exhibition 18 May 2003 116-117
Tansley, G. Nematode Worms and Tarantulas 118-122
Pedersen, D. The Cameroon Brown Baboon Spider Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock, 1897
With Notes on Tarantula Behaviour Toward Plants 		122-123

 

 

August 2003, Vol. 19, No. 1
Weigand, A.

Tarantulas can be Gentleman Too - How Tarantulas Court!

  

Portman, C.

Observations on an Experiment with Spiderlings of Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock 1895

  
Gabriel, R

Cricket Management

  
Gabriel, R

What Spider is that? Lasiodorides striatus and Lasiodorides polycuspulatus
Sainsbury, C.

A Hysterocrates gigas Mother and Her Kin

Portman, C.

BTS Committee Member Profile

  

Ross, L.

Notes and Observations of Behavioural Variance Between Two Sibling Male Specimens of Hysterocrates gigas Pocock, 1897

  
Ewing, J. Courting Tarantulas Responding to Audio-visual Equipment  

Pizzi, R. et al.

An Update on Oral Nematodes of Tarantulas

  

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
February 2004, Vol. 19 No. 2
Barker, J. One Year as an Arachnoculturalist
Gabriel, R. Artificial Incubation and the Care of Nymphs
West, R. C. The Mexican Cave Tarantula
Smith, A. M. A New Species of the Arboreal Theraphosid,  Genus  Poecilotheria , from Southern India (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)  With Notes on its Conservation Status

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
August 2003, Vol. 19, No. 3
Webb, A. Twenty Years of the BTS
Degville, R. Theraphosids, Hobbyists and the Internet
Gabriel, R. Poecilotheria regalis Feeding Young
Portman, C. Revised Position on the BTS Committee – Publicity Officer
Pledger, M. Book Review - Spiders of Australia by T. J. Hawkeswood
Verdez, J. M. and
Cléton, F.		 Thrigmopoeus truculentus Pocock, 1899
Gallon, R. C. Captive Breeding Eucratoscelus pachypus
Kumar, V. S. The First Captive Breeding of the Arboreal African Baboon Spider Xenodendrophila gabrieli

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
August 2004, Vol. 19 No. 4
Sharpe, M. How to Keep it Clean
Smith, A. Ann & Frank Webb: A Tribute to Old Friends and the Way Forward
Gallon, R. C. Lobster Cockroaches, Nauphoeta cinerea, as a Food for Captive Arachnids
von Wirth, V. &
Huber, M.
 		 Housing Specimens of Haplopelma and Other Tube-Dwelling Tarantulas
Messenger, P. Captive Breeding Ceratogyrus meridionalis
Degville, R. Mould Mite Control
Sharpe, M. Setting up a New Tank and Heat Pads
Tansley, G. More Problems Breeding Citharischius crawshayi; Does a Meat-based Diet Cause Egg Development Problems?
West, R. C. Tragic Loss of Leading British Wildlife Filmmaker - Nick Gordon
Smith, A. In Memorial - Nick Gordon
Messenger, T. The Joys of Being a Spider Keeper’s Wife
Trim, S. Spike - The Amazing Mother

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
November 2004, Vol. 20 No. 1
Sainsbury, C. Carapace lump
Pedersen, D. Notes on breeding Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897
Carpenter, P Let one loose
Gabriel, R.
 		 What a Breeding Year
Degville, R. Postembryo Cannilbalism in Theraposhids
West, R. C. The ‘Mygales’ (tarantulas) of French Guiana
Rego, F. N. A. A. et al Notes on the Predation of an Aviculariine Spider (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Avicularia sp.) by Pepsis frivaldszkyi (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Brazilian Amazonia
Gabriel, R. Phantom Egg-sacs in Theraphosid Spiders
 
McIntyre, S. Wild-Caught or Not – More Food for Thought From a Different Menu!
 

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
February 2005, Vol. 20 No. 2

  
Portman, C. Communal Behaviour of Poecilotheria regalis 34
Portman, S. BTS Committee Member Profile: Susan Portman 36
Baines, D. The Effects of Urticating Hair 36-37
Gabriel, R.
 		 Problems with Breeding Poecilotheria Species 37-38
Walters, M. Broken Fangs 38-39
Nicholas, M. How to Record a Chicken Spider 39-50
Gabriel, R. What Spider is That? Eupalaestrus campestratus 50-54
Tansley, G. & Messenger, P. Does Breeding Tarantulas Reduce Their Lifespan?
 		 54-55
Parker, D. Tales of Poecilotheria formosa
 		 56-57
Chard, T. Acanthoscurria insubtilis and National Collections 57-60
Smith, A. M. Obituary: Martin R. Filmer, 1939–2004 60-62

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
May 2005, Vol. 20 No. 3

  
Portman, C.

Back to the Future

 70–71
Walters, M. Breeding Lasiodora parahybana 72–73
Sainsbury, C. & B.

Breeding Notes on Avicularia bicegoi

 73–77
Bagaturov, M. F. Some Notes on Breeding Avicularia versicolor with Comments on the Hobby in Russia 78–88
Ross, L. K. & West, R. C. A Listing of Male Theraphosids Which Lack Tibial Apophyses 81
Gabriel, R.

Some Observations on Egg Laying and Egg-sac Construction by Poecilotheria regalis

 82–88
Perry, L. Snail-eating Behaviour in Funnelweb Spiders: Drought Survival Strategy or Just Opportunistic Feeding? 89–91

 


Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
August/Sept 2005, Vol. 20 No. 4
Messenger, P.

Ceratogyrus marshalli: Mating and Mite Damage to Egg-sac

 98-99
Metcalfe, M. Spider Poetry 99
Gabriel, R.

Some Notes and Observations on Mature Male Poecilotheria regalis

 100-102
Ross, L. K. A Case of Autotomy and Regeneration of Non-Functional Appendages in a Female Theraphosid Spider 102-104
Perry, L. Seasonal Activity and Longevity of the Male Funnelweb Spider Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) 104-107
West, R. C.

The Brachypelma of Mexico

 108-119
Hooijer, A. Interesting Encounter in Tamarindo, Costa Rica
 		 120-123
Gabriel, R. An Improved Method of Artificial Incubation 123-125
Smith, A. The BTS Overseas Research Grant 126

 

 

Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X
Dec/Jan 2005-6, Vol. 21 No. 1
~The B.T.S's 1st Full Colour Journal~

  
Nicholas N. Spiderman' writer Becomes a BTS Member 3
Gabriel, R. ,Pedersen, N. & Rafn, S. Notes and Observations of Poecilotheria smithi and the Threat to its Survival in Captivity and Sri Lanka 4-8
Hale, R. Still Crazy After all These Years 9-10
Nunn, S. C. Some Notes on the Taxonomy, Ecology and Reproductive Biology (including captive breeding) of the Australian Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) 11-25
Striffler, B. F. Life history of Goliath Birdeaters - Theraphosa apophysis and Theraphosa blondi (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) 26-33