Chris Richardson

My Spiders

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Thumbnail	Name	Common Name	*Correct Name*	DOB-DOA
	Charlotte	Chile Rose	*Grammostola Spatulatus*	1996
	George	Salmon Pink Bird Eater	*Lasiodora Parahybana*	1997
	Slick	Mexican Red Knee	*Brachypelma Smithi*	1996-1999
	Bugsy	Curly Haired Honduran	*Euathlus Alboilosa*	1998
	Curtains	Mombassa Golden Starburst	*Pterinochilus Murinus*	1998-2001
	Fluff	Equador Pink Toe	*Avicularia Huriana*	1998-2002
	Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew and Cuthbert	Cameroon Red Baboon	*Histerocrates Gigas*	1999
	Sandy	Orange Arborial Baboon	*Pterinochilus Spinifer*	1999-2001
	Apu	Indian Ornamental	Poecilotheria Regalis	2001
	Arthur	Tiger Rump Doppelganger	*Cyclosternum Fasciatus*	2001
	Bob	Goliath Bird Eater	*Theraphosa Leblondi*	2001
	Stan	Brazilian Burrowing Tarantula	*Nadnau Carapoensis*	2001

From time to time spiders moult. Barney McGrew moulted in a nice position in its tank, enabling me to get some reasonable pictures of the process. Here they are

Here is a picture of the mum of Fluff (Pink Toe) and a couple of others that were at a BTS show:

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	Equador Pink Toe	*Avicularia Huriana*
	Goliath Bird Eater	*Theraphosa Leblondi*
	Indian Ornamental	*Pocilotheria Regalis*

OK, so I know loads of people are frightened of spiders, but that is due to bad press. Far more people have been killed by pushbikes than spiders, I can prove it. You should not fiddle with them, they are not for holding or frightening friends with, they are for watching and feeding crickets to! Many people ask, how can you keep these as pets? My answer to that is simple. In glass tanks