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FIELD TRIPS

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The official itinerary will be posted to closer to the date of the event. A special mini-edition of Arachnoculture magazine including the weekend's itinerary will be provided to each attendee during check-in in San Antonio.

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES

ARRIVING EARLY? JOIN US FOR SOME PRE-ARACHNOCON FUN!

Early Bird Wednesday morning field trip and picnic at Choke Canyon Reservoir
sponsored by the Stevens family of southern Texas!

Click here for Arachnoboards thread announcing this event for more details.

7:30 am - Meet in hotel lobby
8:00 am - Depart
1:00 pm - Lunch

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EVENT SCHEDULE

DAY ONE — THURSDAY 7.19 — Registration & Icebreaker

THURSDAY evening "meet & greet" icebreaker sponsored by Reptiles magazine!

REPTILES

5:00 pm - Registration begins
6:00-9:00 pm - Icebreaker sponsored by Reptiles magazine
7:00 pm - Welcome and Event Info
7:15 pm - Field Trip Info
9:00 pm - Field Trip

DAY TWO - FRIDAY 7.20 — Lectures, Field Trip

FRIDAY Lecture Series sponsored by ARACHNOCULTURE magazine!

ARACHNOCULTURE

PRE-LECTURE Q & A PANEL

9:15-9:45 am - Intro to Tarantula & Scorpion Hobby Q&A with Michael Jacobi and Bill Korinek

LECTURE SCHEDULE — Morning Session

10:00-10:15 am - Introduction by Michael Jacobi
10:15-10:45 am - Sexing Tarantulas by Dr. Fred Sherberger
10:45-11:30 am - Cyriopagopus sp. 'blue' in the Wild with an Overview of the Exotic Animal Trade in Malaysia by Dan Ventura

11:30-11:45 - BREAK

11:45-1:15 pm - An Introduction to the Whipscorpions (Thelyphonida: Arachnida) and An Overview of the Scorpion Systematics Lab at the American Museum of Natural History by Jeremy Huff

1:15-2:30 pm - LUNCH

LECTURE SCHEDULE — Afternoon Session

2:30-2:45 pm - Early-Bird Registration Prize Drawing by Michael Jacobi
2:45-3:45 pm - Systematics, Natural History and Ecology of North American Scorpions by Dr. W. David Sissom
3:45-4:15 pm - Non-theraphosid Mygalomorphs & True Spiders in Arachnoculture by Frank Somma

4:15-4:30 pm - BREAK

4:30-5:15 pm - Arachnid Photography: Techniques, Equipment, and Digital Image Processing by Randy May
5:15-6:00 pm - Tarantula Care and Breeding Q & A Panel featuring Michael Jacobi, Frank Somma, Bill Korinek & Eric Reynolds

8:00 pm - Field Trip

DAY THREE — SATURDAY 7.21 — Field Trip, ArachnoExpo, Closing Ceremonies

SATURDAY events sponsored by Arachnopets, Inc. / Arachnoboards.com!

Arachnopets/Arachnoboards

6:30-9:00 am - Field Trip

8:00-10:00 am - ArachnoExpo set-up [exhibitors & staff only]

10:00-11:00 am - ArachnoExpo 2007 preview for registered ArachnoCon attendees

11:00-4:00 pm - ArachnoExpo 2007 open to the public

6:00 pm - ArachnoCon Pizza Party, Closing Ceremonies and Door Prizes

 

please check back often as all information is subject to change

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