The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula inhabits easily recognizable silk-sealed burrows in a hilly area of Malaysia that covers around 10 square miles, making it an easy target for poachers.
A house filled with snakes and spiders might be straight out of many people's nightmares, but to longtime exotic pet keeper ...
Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...
A rare tarantula species is being driven toward extinction by the illegal exotic pet trade, the Center for Biological ...
Students in Dr. June Olds' exotic pet medicine class were temporary tarantula caretakers last month. The Iowa State Vet Med students were responsible for naming their tarantula, feeding them little ...
The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula ( Coremiocnemis hoggi) constructs burrows sealed with silk webbing in steep, shaded areas of montane tropical rainforest. Poachers dig the spiders out of these ...
A total of 166 reptiles and arthropods were identified within the vehicle, including dozens of pythons, numerous lizards, ...
Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...