Arachnospace is teaming up with Tarantula Cribs to bring their stylish modular Tarantula enclosures to the UK! And where better to launch than at the best show in the UK at the British Tarantula Society exhibition this Sunday! Who's coming ..read more

I know how rare these types of beetles are but does anybody know of anyone that sells them in the UK or sells them and ships abroad? They're my favorite beetle there is and I want to get 2 of them ..read more

Just had a quick look at my Ts before I go out and a sub adult chile had a drop of what looked water in a big drip coming from it's mouth. I moved the tank to get a better look but it dropped off. It has not been near its water dish and has been sat on the cork bark all day. Can anyone tell tell me what it is? I don't think it's hemolymph but I'm still concerned all the same ..read more

Hi all, Just wondered what peoples experiences are with raising an OBT from a sling. Ive read all the care sheets but just wondered what the "true" story is. Will he/she grow fast.... if it bites me when its young will it be as bad as "they" say..... how often should I feed it etc etc... I know everyone has there own ideas and interpretations of care sheets so just wanted to know from an OBT keeper how they have raised theirs. When it first arrived to me and I transferred him/her into... Raising an OBT from sling ..read more

Hi all! I was lucky to get myself a pair of lichen morph spectres at a bug show a couple of weeks ago. I’m loving caring for them. My husband and I would like to create a bioactive set up for them. They’re only L2 nymphs right now in a smaller house, and we have a larger tank/viv to move them to eventually. We plan to increase our collection too. Anyway. My questions being - They eat eucalyptus and bramble - can I safely put other plants in for aesthetic purposes? Can they be kept on... Giant Prickly Stickies & Bioactive Terrarium ..read more

Hiya, I'm travelling to an event for school children next month and I'm taking my Olive Millipede to show. I need her to be easily accessible/visible for the children so her normal tank (10cm+ of soil) won't be suitable. I don't want to jeopardize his welfare but I need a slightly different solution to his normal tank. Please could I have some suggestions as to what i should do? The event is 3 days (4 including travelling ..read more

I have a Giant Chocolate Desert millipede and I keep it in an plastic enclosure with a mesh top, is it to much ventilation? I give it dried disinfected magnolia leaves i get from my backyard with no pesticides, I offer cucumber, spinach and banana daily and he doesn't seem to touch it or be eating it. I also noticed very small white mites and i read they help clean and provide a mutualistic relationship, is this true or do i need to get rid of them ..read more

my snail has cracked her shell and i thought she was having babies so seperated her.only to relise after her wee bath it was her heart i could see its breaking my heart,ive put her back in the big tank with her pal.i bathe them and she was just out crawling on my hand.im keeping an eye on her shes eating and still likes her tickle on her head.im not holding her as much so she can heal hopfully.is there anything i can do.thank you ..read more

Hello? I'd like to start by explaining the situation to avoid judgement or criticism. I have 3 healthy adult GALS. Over Christmas 2023 I was moving house and my partner unexpectedly passed away. During all this I simply didn't have the energy and forgot to check for eggs as regularly. I caught some of the eggs before they hatched and froze them but my gals are sneaky and I found lots of baby snails, I Seperated them from my adults but had no idea what to do with them. They are already... Overrun with giant african land snail babies ..read more

Can someone help? I just bought green bean stick insects, 6, I live in England where bramble is only available certain times of the year and other times it’s just sticks, what else can I feed them I know I can feed them eucalyptus but I can’t seem to find any it’s hard to find and if I do find one it will be in someone’s garden which I can’t take. I’m yet to go to some woods and look but my parents ain’t even happy me getting them so they wouldn’t take me. I could plant some eucalyptus... Green bean stick insect ..read more