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12 The Link Magazine • February 2000
Creepy crawlies live here
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James Waddicor needed more space for his family, so he converted the loft. Nothing unusual about this,
WELEVISION except that it is home for a massive insect collection.
When The Link visited James in visit to Borneo he captured
For friendly and Peatmoor, there were over 300 over 20 species from the
professional service adult and baby spiders, 20 species rainforest at night and
of stick insect, scorpions, a toad, brought them back into
to TVs, Videos, Audio and
frogs, snails and lots of cock- Britain.
Hi-Fi, Satellite systems roaches. In addition there were a "I belong to the Phasmid
& Computer monitors, number of exotic rodents includ- Study Group and we try to
call 01793 497591 ing chipmunks, fat tailed gerbils identify new species, we
and degus (a hamster/guinea pig take photographs and I
Workshop at cross). aise with museums to
15/15a Rodbourne Road James, who is married with two verify each additional =1" , ' ( J / /f'
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Swindon young children, explained that he type," he explained.
has a particular interest in stick Amongst his collection
insects, which he has been collect- of spiders is the Goliath,
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ing since he was a boy. On a recent the largest species in the f ^^ 1' ^j, •,
world, recently featured on
ITV's' Giants. Hea-
also
IMPORTANT DECISIONS REQUIRE also keeps a number of ta-
keeps number
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PROFESSIONAL ADVICE _ rantulas and their babies.
^' 1 I started keeping spiders about feed the insects, mostly on live
Buying, selling or remortgaging? eight years ago and by careful han- crickets. One of the drawbacks
We give an efficient fully computerised service k5 j dling have never been bitten. There though is that they sometimes es-
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and keep you informed throughout the process is quite a market in breeding ex- cape. They were noisily chirping
otic s iders in the warmth behind the fridge
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Telephone now for a quote James says that his children love throughout the interview. James
or visit our website at: www.crd.org.uk the creatures but his wife is an spends about 10 hours a week on
arachnophobic who has threatened his hobby.
CAKTEK,KEAD & DOVE to leave home if he buys another And for the future, he plans to
spider. She hasn't yet," he said. take a trip to South America this
"But she did insist I sell my python year to catch more spiders. Longer
S OLICITOR S when the children were born. At term he is planning the horticul-
Commerce House, 34/35 Commercial Road, Swindon 15 feet, she was worried that they ture of exotic plants. He already
might be eaten if it ever got out." has over 25 different species of
Tel: (01793) 617617 Fax: (01793) 511249 It costs about £25 a month to bamboo growing in the garden.

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