We've raised production funds for a brand-new tarantula documentary: Andrew Smith's TARANTULAS of COSTA RICA.

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With this new documentary we are going to be doing something a little different from the usual one-genus projects that we've done to date. We're still going to begin in the museums with the type material but this time we're going to be looking at a number of Costa Rica's most beautiful iconic tarantula species before going into the field and telling you the bigger story behind each one of those spiders. As you’d expect, we have stunning footage of a host of new tarantula spiders in their natural habitat, most of which have never been filmed before. Species included will be Aphonopelma seemanni, Abdomegaphobema mesomelas, Tliltocatl albopilosus, Psalmopoeus reduncus, Davus fasciatum, Sphaerobothria hoffmanni, Sandinista lanceolatum, Sericopelma sp. and more.

This documentary is going to be epic. Two 2 hour+ productions and we can assure you we have in the can footage that you will drool over. To achieve this, we have raised production funds because what we do is very expensive (we have already spent £6,000 on this project so far); flights, car hire, accommodation and filming for one month in Costa Rica. Thanks to our generous supporters, we've raised £7,571 to finish filming the linking footage plus some additional filming on the Isle of White, in Oxford and London plus editing.

If successful, we can promise you two new epic tarantula documentaries that will have you on the edge of your seat because like BRACHYPELMA, POECILOTHERIA and THERAPHOSA & EPHEBOPUS, our new Costa Rican documentary is just as you like it - muddy boots out there in the field searching for tarantulas!

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