Do you name your Ts? What do you call them?

[Wesley Barnum]

I hope to one day get a real old ass B. albo Nicaragua so I can name him Ishmael.

I love naming my males stupid names.

 

[MintyWood826]

N. chromatus: Echo
B. albopilosum: Resusci Anne, three others are nameless at the moment
A. avicularia: Pumpkins
B. cabocla I used to have: Cheesecake

 

[Shinra]

I am having such a laugh reading these xD
You guys are very imaginative!

Brilliant point though about people being more comfortable when they have a name. never thought of that point!

 

[Teal]

I have 100 +/- Ts (not including unsorted sacs) and 97% of them have names. I. Name. Everythiiiiiing.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

A. geniculata - Rogue
C. versicolor - Mileena
P. irminia - Shadowcat
P. pulcher - Banshee
B. albopilosum (Honduras) - Kitana
T. stirmi - Hope
N. incei - Jade
P. subfusca HL - Deathcry
D. diamantinensis - Talisman
P. antinous - Kira
P. sazimai - Frost
P. metallica - Mayhem
N. chromatus - Storm
G. pulchra - Silhouette
B. hamorii - Elektra
B. smithi - Daredevil
2x L. nigerrimum - Aurora (F) & Warpath (M)
C. leetzi - Sin
P. langenbucheri - Spitfire
P. victori - Echo
C. huahini - Tremor
P. muticus - Quake
O. aureotibialis - Witchfire

I'll stop at that, that's about 1/3 of my collection

 

[PanzoN88]

B. albopilosum Honduran 0.1 Mop
B. albopilosum Nicaragua 0.1 Broom
B. albopilosum Nicaragua 0.0.2 Feather Duster, Toothbrush
E. pachypus 0.1 La Reina De Los Diablos
A. geniculata 0.1 Big Bertha

 

[MintyWood826]

B. albopilosum: Resusci Anne, three others are nameless at the moment

*Four others
I'll name them Aqua, Blue, Mineral, and Cap.

 

[Wesley Barnum]

A. seemanni F: Dahila
B. Albo "Nicaragua" F: Blair
"GBB": Herbie
A. sp "new river rust" F: Nina
P. miranda F: Andromeda
P. tigrinawesseli F: Annabelle
T. Stirimi F: Agatha
P. Audax M: Lukas
P. sp Machala M: Kevin
A. seemanni M: Kevin

I name my males Kevin as a inside joke with my friends lol

 

[SonsofArachne]

The only one I named where the name actually stuck is my big T. stirmi. Her name is sweet pea.

 

[ThorsCarapace22]

Like most, I refer to my Ts by their scientific name and with 50 or so Ts, giving each a name seems a bit much (especially when so many are slings).
However, for some reason, there are some that just get names because it seems right or they do something that bequeaths the name upon to them:

Bella - my G. Pulchra (because she’s a beauty)

Shy Ronnie - my female A. Seemanni (acquired as male but turned out to be female - barely ever see it)

El rapido - my N. Incei (not as fast as my balfouris but always ready to bolt at the first opportunity and does so constantly)

Chewy - B. Albopilosum (self explanatory that one)

Archibald - B. Boehmei (because he kicks at the slightest thing and I’m convinced he’ll go bald)

Goku - B. cabocla (friend made a comparison and it stuck)

Itsy and Bitsy - my two C. Elegans (from the nursery rhyme)

Oddly enough it has been my friends that have named them but they’ve stuck and I’ve kept them...

What are some of your names if you have any?

Very nice! I dig Goku I don't name all of my Ts. Only a few.
My female T. Stirmi is named
She-Ra
And I have a B.vagans that loves to kick hairs so I named it chuck Norris

I don't always name my tarantulas,
But when I do... (to be continued by someone else because I couldn't think of anything.)

 

[RezonantVoid]

Cornifer and Iselda- my pair of Phlogius Rubiseta

Twilithium- my Idiommata Sp. Silverback (technically it's a "trapdoor spider" but if you saw one you'd think it was a T. It can even climb glass)

Flinger- my Selenotypus sp. Champagne Robustus

"The One That's Always Out"- my Selenotholus Kotzman

Only others with names are my non tarantula mygalomorphs

 

[Martikhoras]

In german forums little slings are often called "Fussel" (lit. translates to fluff, fluzz or lint) because they are small and fluffy.

So when I got my two slings I named my Caribena versicolor "Duvet". (the genus comes from Martinique, where people speak french and Duvet is lint in french. At least thats what translation sites say)

My Grammostola pulchra sling is called "Linha." (Brasilia, portuguese, lint, yada, yada, yada)

When I know the sex I will rename Linha

 

[Teal]

B. albopilosum Honduran 0.1 Mop
B. albopilosum Nicaragua 0.1 Broom
B. albopilosum Nicaragua 0.0.2 Feather Duster, Toothbrush
E. pachypus 0.1 La Reina De Los Diablos
A. geniculata 0.1 Big Bertha

I will forever love your B. albo names!
And I will forever say that every time you post them, apparently

Duvet is lint in french.

Actually, it is "fluff"... which still works well with your theme!

 

[Urzeitmensch]

My female T. Stirmi is named
She-Ra

Simply awesome. I hope you agree that there can only be one name if you get a male T. Stirmi. Or if you get a E. Murinus.

 

[PanzoN88]

I will forever love your B. albo names!
And I will forever say that every time you post them, apparently

I'm planning accumulating more B. albopilosum, I have a perfect name for one. I knew you were going to quote said post.

 

[ThorsCarapace22]

Simply awesome. I hope you agree that there can only be one name if you get a male T. Stirmi. Or if you get a E. Murinus.

Only one

Man...if I would have thought I would have names my male E. Murinus skeletor.....why didn't I think of that?!?!

Well I'm buying another one now.

 

[Rhino1]

I'm still getting around to giving my Ts names, at the moment all my females I call sweetie and all my males I refer to as bud. My daughter named one of our largest scorps Edward (Scissorhands) but I don't have the heart to tell her it's a female lol

 

[Flashback]

I only have one, an A. chalcodes. Her name is Phoenix (tried to sat with the desert theme, lol)

 

[velvetundergrowth]

@Paleontologist What did you need clarified?

 

[Paul1126]

I am terrible naming things so only a few have names.
The best name I have is "Carnifex" which is a name I gave to my B. kahlenbergi.
I believe it is Latin for Executioner