The Proper Care of Tarantulas

Ann Webb

ISBN 0 86622 446 7

This was the 1st book I owned, Ideal for the beginner, slightly dated now, but still excellent info on the basic care of tarantulas inc housing, feeding and breeding etc. lots of discriptive pages inc common names for many specific species.

The Tarantula Keepers Guide

Schultz and Schultz

ISBN 0 7641 0076 9

An excellent book for beginners and intermidiate keepers, it covers all the basics for the care of tarantulas, housing, feeding, breeding + lots more, A must for all T keepers. for all the people who love common names, there are loads of sci / common names in the back pages

Keeping and Breeding Tarantulas

Ronald N Baxter

ISBN 0 9519219 2 4

An excellent book for beginners and advanced hobbyists, this book gives all the basic care, feeding, housing etc aswell as personal observations inc breeding times for many specific species, worth owning if only for the excellent photos and reference.

The Tarantula Identification Guide

Andrew Smith

Out of Print, keep an eye out for a 2nd hand copy

A book for the advanced hobbyist, many taxonomy diagrams and drawings for the identifacation of thraphisids giving identifying keys per individual species

Tarantulas and other Arachnids

Samuel D. Marshall

ISBN 0 8120 9315 1

One of the 1st books i purchased, excellent for the beginner and intermediate keeper, covers all the basics inc breeding and pics and info on specific species, worth getting.

Arachnomania

Philippe de Vosjoli

ISBN 1 882770 10 2

A black and white book that covers all the basics for keeping tarantulas and scorpions inc, housing, feeding, breeding etc as well as info on specific species, although a bit dated good info.

Tarantulas as a new pet

Barbara Reger

ISBN0 7938 0082 X

A bit dated now, but still good info for the beginner keeper, covers all the basics, feeding, housing etc

Spiders of the world

Rod & Ken Preston-Mafham

ISBN 0 7137 2392 0

Full of excellent info, photos inc spider anatomy diagrams of many species of spider,

Spiders

Paul Sterry

ISBN 1 880908 77 8

No real Tarantula info, but full of excellent photos of many species of spider.