Welcome to Amazing Tarantulas!
The tarantula has received a bad reputation based on years of mis-information. This site was created to provide accurate information regarding these incredible eight-legged animals. In doing so, we hope to change the perception that some poeple have in regards to tarantulas. We are here to try and give big, hairy spiders a good name!
All of the tarantulas featured on this site are in my personal collection. Take a look around and enjoy your stay! If you should have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop us an email at amazingtarantulas@msn.com.
* If you are in the Phoenix area and would like to have a tarantula presentation at your school, club meeting, party, etc., please go to the presentations page, or send us an email.
10th Annual ATS Conference
You do not want to miss the 10th Annual American Tarantula Society Conference this summer! Click on the link below to visit to official site for more information.
UPDATE May 2008
We wanted to give you a little update on things here. Our main computer has crashed and we are still waiting to see if any of the information can be recovered. This hard drive has almost all of the pictures of our tarantulas on it (along with all of our other photos), so we're pretty anxious to see about getting it fixed. This is also the computer where we record, edit, and publish our podcasts from. So let's keep our fingers crossed!
In the meantime, life as a fulltime youth and family therapist is great. Busy...but great. The wonderful thing about the new job is that I am allowed to keep one of my friends in my office. So Lucy, our extremely docile E. campestratus, has a permanent home at work. She has already changed a lot of people's perceptions, and has been handled and pet by many who swore they would never get close to "something so gross."
"Tarantula Diaries" Podcast
The 5th Tarantula Diaries is uploaded and ready for listening. It is still a work in progress, as I am still trying to figure out some of the technical details, such as making sure the sound quality and volume levels are appropriate. Please be patient with me! Feel free to email me at AmazingTarantulas@msn.com, or call the message line listed above to leave any comments or questions. Enjoy!
http://web.mac.com/foss_rick/iWeb/Tarantula%20Diaries/Podcast/Podcast.html