The ATS has a new, full-featured message board on our website. Visit http://atshq.org. Our ongoing list will be there. Since most of our members have moved over to the new message board, we've decided to retire this yahoo 'enthusiast' group. Posting of messages will be turned off, but members will be allowed to view the archives.

ATS_enthusiast is managed/owned by members of the ATS Board, but this yahoo! list is NOT the American Tarantula Society. Visit http://atshq.org to find out about the ATS and follow the contact, membership or many other links available. The ATS mission statement follows:

The American Tarantula Society (a non-profit organization) was founded in 1991 (first published 1992) to promote the study and the dissemination of information primarily concerning the arachnid infraorder Mygalomorphae, especially Theraphosidae. Also included; other Araneae, and other arachnid orders (exclusive of Acari). The ATS maintains the flow of information and cooperation between enthusiasts, students, teachers, and professional arachnologists.