
With the experience gained by enthusiasts, a few common threads can be recognized in arachnoculture. Regrettably, to make room for the new data several large sections had to be omitted.īut there is good news as well. This bespeaks a strong interest and a bright future for both the enthusiasts and the creatures that they are so enthusiastic about.Īs the science and hobby of arachnoculture advances, more and more information accumulates, and to report all of it would have required a volume several times the size of the present work. This is extremely good news, for it strongly suggests that the practice of arachnoculture is developing rapidly. And it was proven to be a sage proclamation indeed, for we now find ourselves amidst another midcourse correction. Thus began the preface for the last edition. "What the reader now holds is an interim report of the state of the art of keeping tarantulas as pets."
