The Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata), or Giant White Knee as it is sometimes known, is native to the Brazilian rainforest and are so named due to the striking colouration of their legs. They were, or are, one of the more popular Tarantula species being kept in captivity today. This particular species is generally thought [...]
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How good are these reptile photos!?
Firstly, thank you to everybody who entered our reptile photography competition. We’re still in the process of judging them all, there are 143 entries in total! Good luck if you entered. Whilst we’re working through them all, I thought I’d share with you some photographs we have had taken of some of our animals recently. [...]
Need help with your spiders? Ask Danny!
Tarantulas and other spiders are up there as some of the most popular pets around. Arachnophobia certainly seems to be on the decline as more people are appreciating what fascinating animals arachnids (spiders, scorpions etc.) are. They’re not difficult to care for and make excellent pets. The choice and variety of spiders available is huge [...]
Lyndsey Wins Our Spider & Scorpion Setup
Congratulations to Lyndsey Skidmore who won the Komodo Spider/ Scorpion Setup we gave away in July. Lyndsey, from Sheffield, was delighted to have won this prize that was open to all subscribers of our blog. “I think we are going to settle on an Emperor Scorpion as I’m not a big fan of spiders! My [...]
Tiger Taratula Gives Eggs the Sack
We absolutley love breeding our own animals so it was a lovely surprise to find another egg sack this morning! Today it was the turn of our Vietnam Tiger Tarantulas. Vietnam Tiger Tarantulas are an aggressive species from South-East Asia. This aggression will serve the egg sack well as it’s guaranteed to be well protected. [...]
Goliath Spiderlings
Goliath Bird Eating Spiders are the largest Tarantula species in the world. As you can imagine we were very excited when our large female Henrietta produced an egg sack! It was the start of November when we first noticed that Northampton Reptile Centre was again going to be proud parents to more of our animals. [...]
