This is not an exhaustive list of all books and articles on tarantulas. The interested reader will find that most of these sources also contain bibliographies that will, in turn, point to still more references.

The reader is advised to peruse this bibliography carefully and refer to any articles, books, or periodicals that appear to hold the information sought. If the local library does not have the item that is required, they may be able to order it through an interlibrary loan program.

Nearly all of the periodicals mentioned here will continue to publish for many years to come. Those who are interested in keeping abreast of the field or are seeking more up to date information are advised to find current issues and the last several year's indexes.

• Aitkins, M. D. 1978. Insects in Perspective. MacMillan. New York.


• Anderson, J. F. 1966. Excretia of spiders. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 17:973-982.


• ————— 1970. Metabolic rate of spiders. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 33(1):973-982.


• Anderson J. F. and K. N. Prestwich. 1975. The fluid pressure pumps of spiders (Chelicerata, Araneae). Z. Morphol. Tiere. 81:257-277.


• ————— 1982. Respiratory gas exchange in spiders. Physiol. Zool. 55:72-90.


• ————— 1985. The physiology of exercise at and above maximal aerobic capacity in a theraphosid (tarantula) spiders, Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge). J. Comp. Physiol. B. 155:529-539.


• Apstein, C. 1889. Structure and function of spinning glands in Araneida. J. Royal Microsc. Soc. 1889:637-8.


• Baerg, W. J. 1922. Regarding the habits of tarantulas and the effects of their poison. Sci. Monthly. 14:481-488.


• ————— 1925. The effects of the venom of some supposedly poisonous arthropods of the Canal Zone. Annals Ent. Soc. Am. 18:471-478.


• ————— 1926. Regeneration in the tarantula Eurypelma californica Auser. Annals Ent. Soc. Am. 19:512-513.


• ————— 1928. The life cycle and mating habits of the male tarantula. Quart. Review Biol. 3(1):109-116.


• ————— 1929. Some poisonous arthropods of North and Central America. Trans. IV Int. Cong. Ent. II:418-438.


• ————— 1938a. Tarantula studies. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 46:31-43.


• ————— 1938b. The poisons of scorpions and spiders - Their effect and treatment. Nat. Hist. Mag. June.


• ————— 1958. The Tarantula. Univ. Kansas Press. Lawrence. (Father of tarantula books. Original copies are out of print and hard to find).


• ————— 1958. The Tarantula. Fitzgerald Publishing. London. (Reprinting of Baerg, 1958. Now out of print but still available as used books.)


• ————— 1963. Tarantula life history records. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 71:223-238.


• ————— 1970. A note on the longevity and molt cycle of two tropical theraphosids. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 1:107-108.


• Barnes, R. D. 1980. Invertebrate Zoology. Saunders College/Holt Reinhart and Winston. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


• Bates, H. W. 1863. Naturalist on the River Amazons. John Murray Press. London, England. (Many reprintings.)


• Baxter, R. N. 1993. Keeping and Breeding Tarantulas. Chudleigh Publishing. Ilford, Essex, England. (Excellent photography. One of the better enthusiast books.)


• Bertani R. and P. I. da Silva, Junior 2002. The first mygalomorph spider without spermathecae: Sickius longibulbi, with a revalidation of Sickius (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). The Journal of Arachnology 30:519-526.


• Blackwelder, R. E. 1963. Classification of the Animal Kingdom. Southern Illinois Univ. Press. Carbondale.


• Bonnet, P. 1930. La mue, l'autotomie et la rιgιnιration chez les Araignιes, avec une ιtudθ des Dolomθdes d'Europe. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse. 59:237.


• ————— 1955-1959. Bibliographia Araneorum. 7 vols., Toulouse (Independently published. In French. Includes exhaustive listing of all scientific papers dealing with spiders through 1938 and most others through 1945. Includes one comprehensive classification system.)


• Borror, D. J. and D. M. DeLong 1971. An Introduction to the Study of Insects. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York.


• Breene, R. G. 1997. ATS Arthropod Medical Manual: Diagnoses and Treatment. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• Breene, R. G. 2003. Common Names of Arachnids. American Arachnological Society.


• ————— 2005. Quick and Easy Tarantula Care. TFH Publications. Neptune City, NJ. (An almost painfully simple book with all the basic information. Even though it's extremely inexpensive it has no gross errors. A good starter book.)


• Breene, R. G. and M. R. O'Brien 1998. Concise Care Guide to the 80 Plus Most Common Tarantulas. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• Breene, R. G., et al. 1996. Tarantulas of Texas. Their Medical Importance, and World-wide Bibliography to the Theraphosidae (Araneae). American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico, USA.


• Brett, C. (Producer). 1993. Giant Spiders of the Lost World. Survival Anglia, Summit Television. (Excellent photography.)


• Brett, C. (Producer). 1994. Giant Tarantulas. Survival Anglia, Summit Television. Essentially identical to Brett 1993. Reissued by Time-Warner Communications.


• Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A Catalogue of the Araneae Described Between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press. Dover, New Hampshire, USA.


• Brodie, D. B. Jr. 1989. Venomous Animals. Golden Press. Western Publishing Company, Inc. Racine, Wisconsin.


• Browning, J. G. 1981. Tarantulas. T.F.H. Publications. Neptune City, New Jersey.


• Bόcherl, W., et al. 1968-1971. Spiders. Venomous Animals and Their Venoms. 3 vols. Academic Press. N.Y. III:197-301.


• Buchsbaum, R. 1948. Animals Without Backbones. Univ. Chic. Press, Chicago.


• Buckley, S. B. 1962. The tarantula (Mygale hentzi Girard) and its destroyer (Pompilus formosus Say). Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. 1:138-139.


• Burdette, W. (editor). 1974. Invertebrate Endocrinology and Hormonal Heterophylly. Springer-Verlag, N.Y.


• Butler, W. H. and B. Y. Main. 1961. Predation on vertebrates by mygalomorph spiders. West Australian Naturalist. 7:52.


• Butt, A. G. and H. H. Taylor. 1991. The function of spider coxal organs: Effects of feeding and salt-loading on Porrhothele antipodiana (Mygalomorpha: Dipluridae). J. Exp. Biol. 158:439-461.


• Caras, R. 1974. Venomous Animals of the World. Prentice-Hall. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (Fascinating photographs.)


• Carroll, G., D. Giler, and W. Hill (producers). 1979. Alien. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. (This would be one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time except that it contains no tarantulas! Three sequels.)


• Castro, F. F. M., M. A. Antila, and J. Croce. 1995. Occupational allergy caused by urticating hair of Brazilian spider. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 96(6):1282-1285.


• Cazier, M. A. and M. A. Mortenson. 1964. Bionomical observations on the tarantula hawk wasps and their prey (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsis). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 57:533-541.


• Chang, P. C. T., H. K. Soong, J. M. Barnett. 1991. Corneal penetration by tarantula hairs. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 75(4):253-254.


• Chapman, R. F. 1971. The Insects, Structure and Function. American Elsevier Publishing Co. New York.


• Charpentier, P. 1992. The Genus Avicularia. Exothermae. 1(1):1-52. Middlekerke, Belgium.


• Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. 1967. The water-relations of scorpions and tarantulas from the Sonoran Desert. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 103:216-220.


• ————— 1968. Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes, and Mites. Pergamon Press. London.


• Comstock, H. and W. Gertsch. 1948. The Spider Book. Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY.


• Cook, J. A. L. 1972. Stinging hairs: a tarantula's defense. Fauna, The Zoological Magazine. 4:48.


• Cook, J. A. L., V. D. R. Roth and F. H. Miller. 1972. The urticating hairs of theraphosid spiders. Am. Mus. Novitates, #2498. (Very good article. Types of bristles vs. tarantula species. Some insights into habits and behavior).


• Dahl, R. D. and A. M. Granda. 1989. Spectral sensitivities of photoreceptors in the ocelli of the tarantula, Aphonopelma chalcodes (Araneae, Theraphosidae). J. Arachnol., 17:195-205.


• David, A. 1987. Tarantulas. A Complete Introduction. T.F.H. Publications. Neptune City, New Jersey.


• de Vosjoli, P. 1991. Arachnomania. The General Care and Maintenance of Tarantulas & Scorpions. Advanced Aquarium Systems. Lakeside, California.


• Den Otter, D. J. 1974. Setiform sensilla and prey detection in the bird spider Sericopelma rubronitons Ausserer (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Neth. Jour. Zool. 24(3):219-235.


• Dodge, N. N. 1947. Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert. Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona. (Many reprintings and new editions.)


• Downes, M. F. 1987. A proposal for standardization of the terms used to describe the early development of spiders, based on a study of Theridion rufipes Lucas (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc. 7:187-193.


• Eastman Kodak Company. 1969a. Close-up Photography. Rochester, NY. Publication number N-12A.


• ————— 1969b. Photomacrography. Rochester, NY. Publication number N-12B.


• ————— 1970a. Photography through the Microscope. Rochester, NY. Publication number P-2.


• ————— 1970b. Basic Scientific Photography. Rochester, NY. Publication number N-9.


• Elliott, D. 1996. Hypoaspis (Hypoaspis miles). Fungus gnat and thrips predatory mite. Biological Control Manual. Applied Bio-nomics Ltd., 11074 West Saanich Rd., Sidney, British Columbia, Canada.


• Ellis, C. H. 1944. The mechanism of extension in the legs of spiders. Biol. Bull. 96:41.


• Exline, H. and A. Petrunkevitch. 1939. List of species. Suborder Mygalomorphae. Catalogue of American spiders. Part One. Trans. Conn. Acad. Art. Sci. New Haven, CT. 33:191-338.


• Favre, D. S. 1989. International Trade in Endangered Species. Martinus Nijhoff Publ. Dordecht, The Netherlands.


• Firstman, B. 1954. Central nervous system, musculature and segmentation of the cephalothorax of a tarantula Eurypelma. Microentomology. 19:14-40.


• Foelix, R. F. 1979. Biologie der Spinnen. Georg Thieme Verlag. Stuttgart, Germany. (German edition.)


• ————— 1996. Biology of Spiders. Second edition. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. (English edition.)


• Gallon, R. C. 2002. Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 12(5):201-232.


• Gertsch, W. J. 1979. American Spiders. Van Nostrand Reinholde Company. New York.


• Gertsch, W. J. and H. K. Wallace. 1936. Notes on new and rare American Mygalomorph spiders. Am. Mus. Novitates. 884:1-12.


• Ghiretti-Magaldi, A. and G. Tamino. 1977. Evolutionary studies on hemocyanin. Structure and Function of Hemocyanin. J. W. Bannister, ed. Springer-Verlag. Berlin.


• Gorb, S. N. et al. 2006. Silk-like secretion from tarantula feet. Nature Journal. 443: 28.


• Gould, S. J. 1989. Wonderful Life, the Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. New York. W. W. Norton and Co., Inc.


• Gurley, R. 1993. A Color Guide to Tarantulas of the World. I. Russ Gurley and Living Art. Ada, Oklahoma.


• ————— 1995. A Color Guide to Tarantulas of the World, II. Russ Gurley and Living Art. Ada, Oklahoma.


• Hadley, N. F. 1970. Micrometeorology and energy exchange in two desert arthropods. Ecology. 51(3):434-444.


• Hancock, K. and J. Hancock. 1992. Tarantulas: Keeping and Breeding Arachnids in Captivity. R & A Publishing, Limited. Somerset, England.


• Hemley, G. 1988. International wildlife trade. Audubon Wildlife Report 1988/1989. Academic Press. San Diego.


• Hered, R. W., et al. 1988. Ophthalmia nodosa caused by tarantula hairs. Ophthalmology. 95(2):166-169.


• Johnson, N. F. and C. A. Triplehorn. 2005. Borror and Delong's An Introduction to the Study of Insects. Brooks/Cole Publishing.


• Kaston, B. J. and E. Kaston. 1978. How to Know the Spiders. Wm. C. Brown Company. Dubuque, Iowa. (Very good, though rather technical, general book about spiders. Many reprintings. Now out of print and difficult to find. Although this book is out of date, its keys are still useful for identifying a spider according to mid-twentieth century taxonomics. Then, the enthusiast can locate it in Platnick's list (Platnick 2008) and determine its current name.)


• Krajick, K. 2006. Living the High Life: The mountaintop environment of the Andes harbors a Noah's ark of previously undocumented species. Natural History. 115(7):44-50.


• Levi, H. W. and L. R. Levi. 1968. Spiders and Their Kin. Golden Press. Western Publishing Company, Inc. Racine, Wisconsin. (Exceptionally good, general interest book about spiders and other arachnids. Many reprintings and copyright renewals.)


• Lincoln, R. J. and G. A. Boxshall. 1987. The Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Natural History. Cambridge, England.


• Linnι, C. 1758. Systemae Naturae..., 10th ed., revised. Laurentii Salvii. Stockholm. (Linnι published the first edition in 1735, and the twelfth and last edition in 1768. This tenth edition is the foundation for modern taxonomy.)


• Linzen, B. et al. 1985. The structure of arthropod hemocyanin. Science. 229(4713):519-529.


• Livingston, J. A. 1981. The Fallacy of Wildlife Conservation. McClelland and Stewart. Toronto. (Required reading for anyone propounding evangelistic ecologism.)


• Loewe, R., R. Schmid, and B. Linzen. 1977. Subunit association and oxygen binding properties in spider hemocyanins. Structure and Function of Hemocyanin. J. W. Bannister, ed. Springer-Verlag. Berlin.


• Lund, D. 1977. All About Tarantulas. T.F.H. Publications. Neptune City, New Jersey. (Many reprintings.)


• MacCook, H. C. 1883. Restoration of limbs in tarantula. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA


• Manton, S. M. 1958. Hydrostatic pressure and leg extension in arthropods with special reference to arachnids. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. 13(1):161-182.


• Marati , Z. 1967. Venom of an East African orthognath spider. Animal Toxins. Eds. F. E. Russel and P. R. Saunders. Pergamon Press. New York.


• Marples, B. J. 1967. The spinnerets and epiandrous glands of spiders. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.). 46(310):209-221, 1 plate.


• Marshall, S. D. 1996. Tarantulas and Other Arachnids. Barron's Educational Series. Hauppauge, New York. (A "must read" book!)


• ————— 1997. Home is where the hole is. Forum Magazine. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico, USA.


• ————— 2001. Tarantulas and Other Arachnids. Barron's Educational Series. Hauppauge, New York. (Revised and updated version of Marshall, 1996.)


• Marshall, S. D. and G. W. Uetz. 1990. The pedipalpal brush of Ephebopus sp. (Araneae, Theraphosidae): evidence of a new site for urticating hairs. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 8(4):122-124.


• McKee, A. W. 1984a. Tarantula Observations, A Guide to Breeding. Vol. 1. Tarantula Ranch Press. Kenmore, Washington, USA.


• ————— 1984b. Tarantula Observations, A Guide to Breeding. Vol. II. Tarantula Ranch Press. Kenmore, Washington, USA.


• ————— 1986. Tarantula Observations, A Guide to Breeding. Vol. 3. Breeders Digest. Tarantula Ranch Press. Kenmore, Washington, USA.


• Meglitsch, P. A. 1972. Invertebrate Zoology, Second Edition. Oxford University Press. New York.


• Melchers, M. 1964. Zur Biologie der Vogelspinnen (Fam. Aviculariidae). Z. Morph. Φkel. Tiere. 53:517.


• Mello-Leitγo, M. D. 1921. On the Genus Grammostola, Simon. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. Ser. 9, 7:293-305.


• Mιrian M. S. 1705. Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. (This work contains the first known image of a tarantula eating a bird.)


• ————— 1771. Histoire gιnιrale des Insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe... Third Edition. Paris. 1:18, plate xviii. [3 volumes]. (This is the last of several editions of this work.)


• Meyers, N. 1979. The Sinking Ark. Pergamon Press. Oxford, England.


• Minch, E. W. 1977. The behavioral biology of the tarantula Aphonopelma chalcodes. Dissertation Abstracts International. 78(2).


• ————— 1978. Daily activity patterns in the tarantula Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin. Bull. Br. Arachn. Soc. 4(5):231-237.


• ————— 1979a. Burrow plugging behavior in the tarantula Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 4(9):414-415.


• ————— 1979b. Reproductive behavior of the tarantula Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 4(9):416-420.


• Molur, S., and S. Siliwal. 2004. Common Names of South Asian Theraphosid Spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoo's Print Journal. 19(10):1657-1662.


• O'Brien, M. R. 1997. Raising North American tarantula spiderlings. Forum Magazine. 6(1):20-22. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J. 1805. Insectes recuellis en Afrique et en Amιrique dans les royaumes d'Oware et de Benin ΰ Saint-Domingue et dans les Etats-Unis pendant les annιes 1786-1797. Paris. Pp 1-276, 91 plates. (Spiders, pp 71, 72, 134, 135, plates I and III.)


• Panzera, A., C. Perdomo, and F. Pιrez-Miles. 2009. Spiderling emergence in the tarantula Grammostola mollicoma (Ausserer 1875): an experimental approach (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology. 37: 92-97.


• Parrish, H. M. 1959. Deaths due to bites and stings of venomous animals and insects in the United States. A. M. A. Archives on Internal Medicine. Vol. 104, August.


• Parry, D. A and R. H. J. Brown. 1959. The hydraulic mechanism of the spider leg. Jour. Exp. Biol. 36(2):423-433.


• Paul, R. J. 1992. Gas exchange, circulation, and energy metabolism in Arachnids. Physiological Adaptions in Vertebrates. Respiration, Circulation, and Metabolism. S. C. Wood, R. E. Weber, A. R. Hargens and R. W. Millard, eds. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, Basel, Hong Kong.


• Paul, R. J., T. Fincke, and B. Linzen. 1987. Respiration in the tarantula Eurypelma californicum: Evidence for diffusion lungs. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 157:209-217.


• Pιrez-Miles, F. 1998. Notes on the systematics of the little known theraphosid spider Hemirrhagus cervinus, with a description of a new type of urticating hair. J. Arachnol. 26: 120-123.


• Pιrez-Miles, F., S. Lucas, P. da Silva Jr., & R. Bertani. 1996. Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• Perrero, L. and L. Perrero. 1979. Tarantulas in Nature and as Pets. Windward Publishing. Miami, Florida.


• Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. Sense of sight, courtship, and mating in Dugesiella hentzi (Girard), a theraphosid spider from Texas. Zoologische Jahrbόcher 31:355-376, plates 1-9.


• ————— 1926. Tarantula versus tarantula-hawk: a study in instinct. Jour. Exp. Biol. 45(2):367-397.


• ————— 1928. Systema aranearum. Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. 29:1-270.


• ————— 1952. The spider and the wasp. Sci. Am. 187:20-23.


• Petrunkevitch, A. et al. 1939. Catalogue of American spiders. Part One. Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. 33:133-338.


• Platnick, N. I. 1971. The evolution of courtship behavior in spiders. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 2(3):40-47.


• ————— 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987. Manchester Univ. Press. Manchester, England and New York.


• ————— 2008. The World Spider Catalog, Version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History. (Online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html. This work is updated frequently with corresponding changes in the version number.)


• Pocock, R. I. 1900. The great Indian spiders. The Genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 13:121-133, 1 plate. Bombay.


• Prestwich, K. N. 1983. Anaerobic metabolism in spiders. Physiol. Zool. 56:112-121.


• Rao, K. P. and T. Gopalakrishnareddy. 1962. Nitrogen excretion in arachnids. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 7:175-178.


• Raven, R. J. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 185(1):1-180.


• ————— 1986. A cladistic reassessment of mygalomorph spider families (Araneae). Proc. IX Internat. Cong. Arachnol., Panama 1983. Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 223-227.


• Roewer, C. F. 1942-1954. Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. Kommissions-Verlag von "Natura." Bremen. (In German. Lists most synonyms for spiders' scientific names.)


• ————— 1963. Araneina: Orthognatha, Labidognatha. Insects Of Micronesia. 3(4):105-132. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.


• Ross, L. K. and R. C. West. 2005. A Listing of Male Theraphosids Which Lack Tibial Apophyses. Journal of the British Tarantula Society. 20(3): 81.


• Rupert, E. E., R. S. Fox, and R. D. Barnes. 2003. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach. Thomas Brooks/Cole Publishing.


• Savory, T. H. 1928. The Biology of Spiders. Sidgewick and Jackson. London. (Out of date, but still informative.)


• ————— 1964. Arachnida. Academic Press. New York. (Good overview of arachnids, but very little on tarantulas.)


• ————— 1977. Arachnida. Academic Press. New York. (Revision of the 1964 edition.)


• Schartau, W. and T. Leidescher. 1983. Composition of the hemolymph of the tarantula Eurypelma californicum. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 152:73-77.


• Schmidt-Nielsen, K. 1975. Animal Physiology. Cambridge Univ. Press. New York.


• Schmidt, G. E. W. 1996. Grammostola ist kein Synonym von Phrixotrichus (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda 4: 67-70.


• ————— 1998. Die chilenischen Vogelspinnen der Gattungen Grammostola Simon, 1892, Paraphysa Simon, 1892, Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 und Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Thrixoplema-Spezies. Arthropoda 6(1): 3-10.


• Schultz, S. A. 1984. The Tarantula Keeper's Guide. Sterling Publishing. New York. (The first edition of the present work.)


• Schultz, S. A., and M. J. Schultz. 1997a. Of baby spiders & baby food jars. Forum Magazine. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• ————— 1997b. The Mechanical Mom. American Tarantula Society. Artesia, New Mexico.


• ————— 1998a. The Tarantula Keeper's Guide. Barron's Educational Series. Hauppauge, New York. (The second edition of the present work.)


• ————— 1998b. Astroturf. A Performance Report on an Unconventional Substrate. Forum Magazine. American Tarantula Society , Artesia. New Mexico.


• Schwartz, H. F. 1921. Spider myths of the American Indians. Natural History, J. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21:382-385. New York.


• Simon E. 1892. Histoire naturelle des Araignιes. Deuxiθme ιdition. Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris. 1:1-256, 215 figures. (2 volumes in 8 books.)


• ————— 1903. Histoire naturelle des Araignιes. Paris. 2(4):669-1080, figures 793-1117. (2 volumes in 8 books.)


• Slama, K. and C. M. Williams. 1965. The juvenile hormone v. sensitivity of the bug Pyrrocoris apterus to a hormonally active factor in American paper-pulp. Biol. Bull. 130:235-246.


• Smith, A. M. 1985. The Tarantula. Fitzgerald Publishing. London.


• ————— 1986. How to Keep Tarantulas. Fitzgerald Publishing. London.


• ————— 1990. Baboon Spiders. Tarantulas of Africa and The Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing. London.


• ————— 1994. Tarantulas of the USA and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing. London.


• Smith, C. P. 1908. A preliminary study of the Araneae Theraphosidae of California. Ent. Soc. Am. 1(4):207-249.


• Snodgrass, R. E. 1952. A Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy. Comstock. Ithaca, NY. (At least one other edition was published in 1967.)


• Stanhke, H. L. and B. D. Johnson. 1967. Aphonopelma tarantula venom. Animal Toxins. Eds. F. E. Russel and P. R. Saunders. Pergamon Press.


• Stewart, D. M. and A. W. Martin. 1974. Blood pressure in the tarantula, Dugesiella hentzi. J. comp. Physiol. 88:141-172.


• Swagerle, C. 2009. The Legacy of Annie Rose. In progress.


• Turbang, P. 1993. Guide de Mygales. Delachaux et Niestlι. Lausanne, Switzerland.


• Webb, A. 1992. The Proper Care of Tarantulas. T.F.H. Publications. Neptune City, New Jersey.


• West, R. C. 1995. Mighty mites. British Tarantula Society Journal. 10(3):86-88.


• Williams, F. X. 1956. Life History studies of Pepsis and Hemipepsis wasps in California (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 49:447-466.


• Wood, F. D. 1926. Autotomy in Arachnida. Jour. Morph. Phys. 42:143-195.


• Wood-Mason J. 1875. [Stridulation of a theraphosid]. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta. 1875:197.


• World Wildlife Fund. 1986. TRAFFIC (U.S.A.). Wildlife Trade Factsheets. Washington DC.


• Zoological Society of London. (Annually.) Zoological Record. London, England. (Exhaustive listing of all zoological taxonomic papers. Arranged by taxonomic group. Refer to the sections on Arachnids. Published annually.)

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