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Tarantulas
Acanthoscurria sp. (formerly N. carapoensis, female)
Acanthoscuria altmanni (adult male)
Acanthoscurria antillensis (female)
Acanthoscurria antillensis (adult male)
Acanthoscurria chacoana (sub-adult female)
Acanthoscurria chacoana (adult male)
Acanthoscurria geniculata (female)
Acanthoscurria geniculata (adult male)
Acanthoscurria geniculata (mating)
Acanthoscurria geniculata (female with spiderlings)
Acanthoscurria juruenicola (juvenile)
Acanthoscurria sternalis (female)
Acanthoscurria suina (female)
Aphonopelma bicoloratum (female)
Aphonopelma bicoloratum (carapace close-up)
Aphonopelma chalcodes (female)
Aphonopelma crinitum (adult male)
Aphonopelma crinirufum (adult male)
Aphonopelma moderatum (adult female)
Aphonopelma seemanni (juvenile)
Aphonopelma seemanni (female)
Aphonopelma seemanni (adult male)
Aphonopelma sp. 'Guatemalan blue' (female)
Augacephalus junodi (female)
Avicularia avicularia (female, pet trade ID)
Avicularia avicularia (adult male, pet trade ID)
Avicularia avicularia (juvenile, pet trade ID)
Avicularia huriana (large juvenile, pet trade ID)
Avicularia huriana (adult male, pet trade ID)
Avicularia juruensis (female, pet trade ID)
Avicularia juruensis (adult male, pet trade ID)
Avicularia metallica (female, pet trade ID)
Avicularia minatrix (juvenile female)
Avicularia purpurea (female)
Avicularia versicolor (female)
Avicularia versicolor (adult male)
Avicularia versicolor (male courting female)
Avicularia versicolor (spiderling)
Brachypelma albopilosum (female)
Brachypelma albopilosum (adult male)
Brachypelma albopilosum (juvenile female)
Brachypelma albopilosum (mating)
Brachypelma angustum (female)
Brachypelma angustum (male)
Brachypelma angustum (mating)
Brachypelma annitha (female)
Brachypelma auratum (female)
Brachypelma auratum (male)
Brachypelma auratum (mating)
Brachypelma boehmei (female)
Brachypelma boehmei (adult male)
Brachypelma emilia (sub-adult female)
Brachypelma emilia (adult male)
Brachypelma emilia (mating)
Brachypelma klaasi (female)
Brachypelma sabulosum (sub-adult female, pet trade ID)
Brachypelma schroederi (female)
Brachypelma schroederi (adult male)
Brachypelma smithi (female)
Brachypelma smithi (adult male)
Brachypelma smithi (mating)
Brachypelma vagans (female)
Brachypelma vagans (adult male)
Brachypelma vagans (mating)
Brachypelma verdezi (female)
Brachypelma verdezi (adult male)
Brachypelma verdezi (mating)
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (female)
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (carapace close-up)
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (adult male)
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (mating)
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (in burrow, South Africa)
Ceratogyrus brachycephalus (female)
Ceratogyrus brachycephalus (carapace close-up)
Ceratogyrus marshalli (adult female)
Ceratogyrus marshalli (adult male)
Ceratogyrus marshalli (carapace close-up)
Ceratogyrus meridionalis (female)
Ceratogyrus meridionalis (adult male)
Ceratogyrus meridionalis (mating)
Ceratogyrus pillansi (female)
Chilobrachys sp. (female)
Chilobrachys sp. 'andersoni' (female)
Chilobrachys sp. 'andersoni' (adult male)
Chilobrachys dyscolus (adult male)
Chilobrachys fimbriatus (juvenile female)
Chilobrachys fimbriatus (adult male)
Chilobrachys fimbriatus (mating)
Citharacanthus spinicrus (female)
Citharischius crawshayi (female)
Citharischius crawshayi (adult male)
Citharischius crawshayi (mating)
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (female)
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (juvenile)
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (adult male)
Cyclosternum sp. (Peru, female)
Cyclosternum sp. (Peru, adult male)
Cyclosternum fasciatum (female)
Cyclosternum fasciatum (adult male)
Cyclosternum guajoni (adult male)
Cyclosternum schmardae (female)
Cyclosternum spinopalpus (female)
Cyriocosmus elegans (female)
Cyriocosmus elegans (adult male)
Cyriocosmus elegans (Venezuelan form, female)
Cyriocosmus elegans (Venezuelan form, adult male)
Cyriocosmus leetzi (female)
Cyriocosmus leetzi (adult male)
Cyriopagopus schioedtei (adult male)
Cyriopagopus sp. blue (female)
Cyriopagopus sp. blue (adult male)
Davus sp. (female, Peru)
Encyocratella olivacea (female)
Eucratoscelus pachypus (female)
Eucratoscelus pachypus (adult male)
Eucratoscelus pachypus (mating)
Eupalaestrus campestratus (female)
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (female)
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (adult male)
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (mating)
Ephebopus cyanognathus (female)
Ephebopus cyanognathus (adult male)
Ephebopus cyanognathus (spiderling)
Grammostola aureostriata (adult female, Paraguay)
Grammostola alticeps (adult female)
Grammostola sp. 'argentinensis' (sub-adult female)
Grammostola chalcothrix (adult male)
Grammostola chalcothrix (mating)
Grammostola chalcothrix (juvenile)
Grammostola grossa (sub-adult female)
Grammostola mollicoma (sub-adult female)
Grammostola mollicoma (adult male)
Grammostola pulchra (female)
Grammostola pulchra (adult male)
Grammostola pulchra (mating)
Grammostola rosea (female)
Grammostola rosea (adult male)
Grammostola rosea (red colour phase, female)
Grammostola rosea (red colour phase, male)
Grammostola vachoni (juvenile)
Hapalopus sp. (French Guyana, female)
Hapalopus triseriatus (female)
Hapalopus triseriatus (adult male)
Haplopelma sp. (adult male)
Haplopelma sp. (juvenile)
Haplopelma sp. (adult male)
Haplopelma albostriatum (female)
Haplopelma albostriatum (adult male)
Haplopelma albostriatum (mating)
Haplopelma hainanum (adult male)
Haplopelma minax (female)
Haplopelma minax (adult male)
Haplopelma minax (mating)
Haplopelma lividum (female)
Haplopelma lividum (adult male)
Haplopelma lividum (mating)
Haplopelma schmidti (juvenile)
Harpactira baviana (juvenile)
Harpactira baviana (adult male)
Harpactira chrysogaster (female)
Harpactira sp. (female)
Hemiercus inflatus (adult male)
Heterothele villosella (female)
Heterothele villosella (adult male)
Heterothele villosella (mating)
Heteroscodra maculata (female)
Heteroscodra maculata (adult male)
Heteroscodra maculata (mating)
Holothele sp. (female, Columbia)
Holothele sp. (adult male, Columbia)
Holothele sp. (adult pair, Columbia)
Holothele incei (female)
Holothele incei (adult male)
Holothele incei (mating)
Holothele incei (communal feeding spiderlings)
Homoeomma sp. 'blue' (female)
Hysterocrates crassipes (female)
Hysterocrates crassipes (adult male)
Hysterocrates gigas (female)
Iridopelma hirsutum (juvenile)
Ischnocolus sp. (burrow, Morocco)
Ischnocolus sp. (excavated burrow, Morocco)
Ischnocolus sp. (habitat, Morocco)
Ischnocolus sp. (juvenile, Morocco)
Lasiodora klugi (female)
Lasiodora klugi (adult male)
Lasiodora parahybana (female)
Lasiodora parahybana (adult male)
Lasiodora parahybana (mating)
Lasiodorides longicolli (female)
Lasiodorides polycuspulatus (female)
Megaphobema mesomelas (juvenile)
Megaphobema peterklaasi (juvenile)
Megaphobema robustum (female)
Megaphobema robustum (adult male)
Megaphobema robustum (mating)
Megaphobema velvetosoma (female)
Megaphobema velvetosoma (adult male)
Metriopelma zebratum (female)
Metriopelma sp. (Mexico, female)
Metriopelma sp. (Venezuela, female)
Metriopelma sp. (Venezuela, adult male)
Nhandu carapoensis (female)
Nhandu chromatus (female)
Nhandu chromatus (adult male)
Nhandu chromatus (mating)
Nhandu coloratovillosus (female)
Nhandu coloratovillosus (adult male)
Ornithoctoninae sp. 'Malaysia' (female)
Ornithoctoninae sp. 'Malaysia' (adult male)
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis (female)
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis (adult male)
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis (mating)
Orphnaecus sp. "cebuensis" (adult male)
Pamphobeteus sp. (Ecuador)
Pamphobeteus sp. (Ecuador, male)
Pamphobeteus sp. (Ecuador, mating)
Pamphobeteus sp. (Peru)
Pamphobeteus sp. (spiderling)
Pamphobeteus sp. (female)
Pamphobeteus sp. ('platyomma', female)
Pamphobeteus sp. ('platyomma' male)
Pamphobeteus sp. ('platyomma' male close-up)
Pamphobeteus sp. ('platyomma' mating)
Pamphobeteus fortis (sub adult)
Pamphobeteus nigricolor (female)
Pamphobeteus nigricolor (spiderling)
Pamphobeteus ultramarinus (female)
Pamphobeteus sp. (adult female)
Paraphysa scrofa (female)
Phlogiellus sp. (female)
Phormictopus atrichomatus (female)
Phormictopus atrichomatus (adult male)
Phormictopus cancerides (female)
Phormictopus cubensis (female)
Phormictopus melodermus (female)
Poecilotheria fasciata (female)
Poecilotheria fasciata (adult male)
Poecilotheria formosa (female)
Poecilotheria formosa (adult male)
Poecilotheria formosa (mating)
Poecilotheria metallica (juvenile)
Poecilotheria metallica (adult male)
Poecilotheria miranda (female)
Poecilotheria miranda (adult male)
Poecilotheria ornata (female)
Poecilotheria ornata (adult male)
Poecilotheria ornata (discarded egg sac)
Poecilotheria pederseni (female)
Poecilotheria pederseni (adult male)
Poecilotheria pederseni (mating)
Poecilotheria pederseni (female with spiderlings)
Poecilotheria regalis (female)
Poecilotheria regalis (adult male)
Poecilotheria regalis (mating)
Poecilotheria regalis (nymphs)
Poecilotheria rufilata (female)
Poecilotheria rufilata (adult male)
Poecilotheria smithi (adult male)
Poecilotheria subfusca (female)
Poecilotheria subfusca (juvenile)
Psalmopoeus cambridgei (female)
Psalmopoeus cambridgei (adult male)
Psalmopoeus cambridgei (female with nymphs)
Psalmopoeus pulcher (female)
Psalmopoeus pulcher (male)
Psalmopoeus irminia (female)
Psalmopoeus irminia (adult male)
Psalmopoeus irminia (mating)
Psalmopoeus irminia (spiderlings)
Psalmopoeus reduncus (sub-adult female)
Psalmopoeus reduncus (adult male)
Pterinochilus chordatus (female)
Pterinochilus chordatus (adult male)
Pterinochilus chordatus (mating)
Pterinochilus lugardi (female)
Pterinochilus lugardi (adult male)
Pterinochilus lugardi (mating)
Pterinochilus murinus (female)
Pterinochilus murinus (adult male)
Pterinochilus murinus (juvenile, moulted)
Pterinochilus murinus (mating)
Pterinochilus murinus (red colour form, female)
Pterinochilus murinus (red colour form, male)
Pterinochilus murinus (red colour form, mating)
Reversopelma petersi (female)
Selenocosmia arndsti (female)
Selenocosmia arndsti (adult male)
Selenocosmia arndsti (juvenile)
Selenocosmia crassipes (female)
Selenocosmia crassipes (female under log)
Selenocosmia lanipes (adult male)
Selenocosmia stirlingi (female)
Selenocosmia stirlingi (adult male)
Selenotypus plumipes (female)
Selenotypus sp. (female)
Selenotypus sp. 1 (female)
Selenotypus sp. 3 (female)
Selenotypus sp. 4 (female)
Selenotypus sp. 6 (female)
Selenotypus sp Glenelva (female)
Sericopelma sp. (female)
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni (female)
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni (adult male)
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni (mating)
Stromatopelma calceatum (female)
Stromatopelma calceatum (adult male)
Stromatopelma calceatum (mating)
Stromatopelma calceatum (female with eggsac)
Tapinauchenius gigas (female)
Tapinauchenius gigas (adult male)
Theraphosa apophysis (female)
Theraphosa apophysis (spiderling)
Theraphosa apophysis (juvenile)
Theraphosa blondi (female)
Theraphosa blondi (adult male)
Theraphosa blondi (mating)
Theraphosid sp. (burrow, South Africa)
Thrigmopoeus truculentus (sub-adult female)
Thrigmopoeus truculentus (adult male)
Thrixopelma cyaneum (female)
Thrixopelma pruriens (adult female)
Thrixopelma pruriens (adult male)
Unidentified sp. (Ecuador red and black)
Vitalius roseus (female)
Vitalius sorocabae (female)
Xenesthis immanis (sub adult female)
Xenesthis immanis (adult male)
Xenesthis sp. 'blau' (sub-adult female)



Other orders

Aeshna cyanea (dragonfly, male)
Araneus diadematus (spiderlings)
Ancylometes sp. (fishing spider, French Guyana)
Argema mimosae (African moon moth)
Buthus occitanus (scorpion, Morocco)
Caerostris sp. (bark orb-weaver, South Africa)
Caerostris sp. (bark orb-weaver, South Africa)
Caerostris sp. (bark orb-weaver, South Africa)
Chameleo calyptratus (veiled chameleon)
Cheiracanthium inclusum (yellow sac spider)
Cupiennius salei (wandering spider)
Dipluridae sp. (Ecuador, female)
Dipluridae sp. (Ecuador, female)
Eresidae sp. (female, South Africa)
Eresus sp. (ladybird spider, female)
Eresus sp. (ladybird spider, male)
Eresus sp. (ladybird spider, pair)
Euscorpius flavicaudis (European scorpion, female)
Euscorpius flavicaudis (European scorpion, male)
Galeodes granti (camel spider)
Gasteracantha sp. (kite spider, South Africa)
Heteropodidae sp. (crab spider, South Africa)
Hadogenes troglodytes (flat rock scorpion)
Heterometrus sp. (scorpion)
Heteropoda venatoria (huntsman spider, Kenya)
Idiopidae (trapdoor spider)
Idiopidae (burrow)
Latrodectus hesperus (Western widow spider)
Latrodectus sp. (widow spider)
Lycosidae sp. (wolf spider)
Lycosidae sp. (in burrow, South Africa)
Macrothele calpeiana (adult male)
Nephila sp. (golden orb-web spider)
Nephila sp. (South Africa)
Opisthacanthus sp. (scorpion, South Africa)
Opistophthalmus boehmi (burrowing scorpion)
Opistophthalmus sp. (burrowing scorpion)
Pandinus imperator (emperor scorpion)
Pandinus imperator (photographed under uv light)
Phylium giganteum (leaf insect, Malaysia)
Polybetes sp. (giant crab spider, female)
Scorpio maurus fuscus (scorpion, female)
Segestria florentina (female)
Stegodyphus sp. (communal web, South Africa)
Stegodyphus lineatus (velvet spider female, Morocco)
Syctodes sp. (spitting spider, South Africa)
Tyria jacobaeae (Cinnabar moth larva)
Zygaena filipendulae (Six spot burnet moth)



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© Guy Tansley 2008. All materials contained herein are the property of Guy Tansley. Unauthorised duplication by any means is strictly forbidden without permission.