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  • Toe-tagged tarantulas in a pickle jar

    Mar 6, 2018 8:30 am by Tommy McElrath, Illinois Natural History Survey
    Tarantulas, now placed in individual containers. Photo by Tommy McElrath

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    • Tarantulas, now placed in individual containers. Photo by Tommy McElrath

    Toe-tagging your dead tarantulas and storing them in a gallon-sized pickle jar is not the best solution to long-term preservation