Psalmopoeus, Anyone Else’s Favorite Genus?

[MrFuzzBugz]

I love all of the guys I’ve kept in this genus. They are:

fast growers
very fecund
no urticating hairs
have a great feeding response
fun to rehouse
come in great variety of colors, shapes and sizes
fuzzy
make great webs/curtains/tunnels

Of course, behaviors are slightly different among species in this genus but altogether, my experience is overwhelmingly positive. Anyone else feel this way?

 

[viper69]

Not my fav, but up there. The Venezuelan Sun Tiger- the coolest common name to me, and gorgeous females

 

[jrh3]

They are my favorite genus. I like pulcher the most.

 

[cold blood]

My favorite genus along with avicularia and poecilotheria......cams are my favorite with reduncus and pulcher as close seconds.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Tied for My favorite arboreals with pokies. My cambridgei of mine were more bolty like pokies but both mine were male. My female irminia I had around 9-12 years rip 🥲 . I wouldn’t hesitate to get one again, although I’d need new containers.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

My female P. irminia is one of my favorites. Stunning blacks with orange.

An awesome threat pose, my other T's threat pose suck compared to hers.


Disclaimer:
I do not intentionally aggravate my T's to induce threat poses. In fact I never get any except for my T. vagans when refilling her water dish if she is close to it. The P. irminia was removed from her enclosure so I could remove the eggsac, hence the threat pose which is the first one I ever had from her.

 

[Glorfindel]

Definitely a Fantastic New World T Genus.
My P. Cambrigi and P. Victori are always out and about excepting pre molt.
My P. Irminia is a little more reclusive, but beautiful when she does appear.

 

[zsiciarz]

Yep, I seem to like the genus.

Psalmopoeus victori

• zsiciarz
• Nov 8, 2023
• arboreal psalmopoeus victori victori

She's getting more and more spicy. After next molt the rehouse will be fun.

Psalmopoeus pulcher

• zsiciarz
• Nov 19, 2023
• 3
• arboreal male new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus pulcher pulcher

Molt confirmed juvenile male.

Psalmopoeus reduncus

• zsiciarz
• Feb 20, 2024
• 2
• arboreal new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus reduncus reduncus

Gojira, my subadult female.

Psalmopoeus langenbucheri

• zsiciarz
• Feb 19, 2024
• arboreal langenbucheri new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus langenbucheri

Like any other Psalmo I've kept - a great hunter even as a small sling. No place in the vial is...

Psalmopoeus irminia

• zsiciarz
• Mar 2, 2024
• 2
• arboreal foot irminia new world psalmopoeus irminia venezuelan suntiger

Her majesty decided to appear for a little while. Just the paws though.

 

[Charliemum]

Favourite arboreal genus hands down !
Pulcher was my first and I think every one in the genus are gorgeous for their own reasons, I don't think I could pick a favourite I love them all and currently keep 6 sp of the genus with plans on getting more.

I would also like to add I am not a big arboreal fan at all, I keep 95 tarantula and only 10 of those are arboreal but 7 of those 10 arboreal are psalmo They are just special

 

[Stu Macher]

I love Psalmos. I have 3 currently. Out of the slings im raising, I'd have to say my P Victori has been my favorite to raise so far. Just an absolute maniac that webs like nobody's business. The 3x3x6 enclosure I have her in is a tangled web castle that looks like the 7th chamber of hell. The takedowns are absolutely unreal.

 

[Glorfindel]

Yep, I seem to like the genus.

Psalmopoeus victori

• zsiciarz
• Nov 8, 2023
• arboreal psalmopoeus victori victori

She's getting more and more spicy. After next molt the rehouse will be fun.

Psalmopoeus pulcher

• zsiciarz
• Nov 19, 2023
• 3
• arboreal male new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus pulcher pulcher

Molt confirmed juvenile male.

Psalmopoeus reduncus

• zsiciarz
• Feb 20, 2024
• 2
• arboreal new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus reduncus reduncus

Gojira, my subadult female.

Psalmopoeus langenbucheri

• zsiciarz
• Feb 19, 2024
• arboreal langenbucheri new world psalmopoeus psalmopoeus langenbucheri

Like any other Psalmo I've kept - a great hunter even as a small sling. No place in the vial is...

Psalmopoeus irminia

• zsiciarz
• Mar 2, 2024
• 2
• arboreal foot irminia new world psalmopoeus irminia venezuelan suntiger

Her majesty decided to appear for a little while. Just the paws though.

All are good looking, Gojira is Gorgeous. Her Majesty gives a Queenly wave. lol

 

[Div129]

I love my pulcher, very fast grower, and beautiful colours. Never regretted getting mine, she/he made her tunnel against the wall so I can always observe her. Most of the time she hangs out in the open. Shes a shy eater though.
October:

February (had to rehouse already):

 

[Violins77]

I have gotten my first P. Irminia about 6 weeks ago. She is about .75 inch, and she immediately built a burrow and web funnel at the bottom of her arboreal enclosure. I've seen her scavenge some mealworm parts in the beginning but not anymore (maybe she's in pre molt).

However, if she stays in that burrow all the time, how am I supposed to feed her live prey? I know better than to drop cricket in her (really tight) burrow, but if I leave the cricket there I'm not sure how long before she's able to grab it? The funnel goes higher than the ground and I doubt the cricket will just walk or jump there... I can post pictures if needed, but basically this spider is so reclusive for me that even seeing here is a challenge. I can't see her abdomen to confirm pre molt, but I do see her legs moving against the enclosure...

 

[Stu Macher]

I have gotten my first P. Irminia about 6 weeks ago. She is about .75 inch, and she immediately built a burrow and web funnel at the bottom of her arboreal enclosure. I've seen her scavenge some mealworm parts in the beginning but not anymore (maybe she's in pre molt).

However, if she stays in that burrow all the time, how am I supposed to feed her live prey? I know better than to drop cricket in her (really tight) burrow, but if I leave the cricket there I'm not sure how long before she's able to grab it? The funnel goes higher than the ground and I doubt the cricket will just walk or jump there... I can post pictures if needed, but basically this spider is so reclusive for me that even seeing here is a challenge. I can't see her abdomen to confirm pre molt, but I do see her legs moving against the enclosure...

Don't expect to see them that often. They are a very reclusive tarantula. At that size especially, you may be more likely to see them after a molt. I would continue offering prey and just removing anything after 24hrs.

 

[Violins77]

Don't expect to see them that often. They are a very reclusive tarantula. At that size especially, you may be more likely to see them after a molt. I would continue offering prey and just removing anything after 24hrs.

Ok thank you! It's my first time with a tarantula that is basically always hidden.People say "great feeding response" but I guess she will need to put on some size first before I can witness that.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Ok thank you! It's my first time with a tarantula that is basically always hidden.People say "great feeding response" but I guess she will need to put on some size first before I can witness that.

While both of mine are both adults, I wait to see those glorious toes sticking out of the web tunnel or when I see them wandering. I’d only do prekilled at the mouth of the tunnel if you don’t see at least toes out. This is what I did when my male was a juvie.

 

[Stu Macher]

Ok thank you! It's my first time with a tarantula that is basically always hidden.People say "great feeding response" but I guess she will need to put on some size first before I can witness that.

I don't mean to say you'll never see them. But, they do have a good feeding response and that often brings them out. Great hunters. Just make sure they have fresh water. Its easy to tell when they are in premolt once you get the hang of it

 

[Violins77]

Turns out she molted, I found her molt out of the burrow yesterday morning, but I have yet to see her and her new size. I also don't even know if the molt is recent or no, maybe she just took the old molt out... This spider is quite challenging for me as it really acts different than most of my other Ts.

 

[MrFuzzBugz]

I have gotten my first P. Irminia about 6 weeks ago. She is about .75 inch, and she immediately built a burrow and web funnel at the bottom of her arboreal enclosure. I've seen her scavenge some mealworm parts in the beginning but not anymore (maybe she's in pre molt).

However, if she stays in that burrow all the time, how am I supposed to feed her live prey? I know better than to drop cricket in her (really tight) burrow, but if I leave the cricket there I'm not sure how long before she's able to grab it? The funnel goes higher than the ground and I doubt the cricket will just walk or jump there... I can post pictures if needed, but basically this spider is so reclusive for me that even seeing here is a challenge. I can't see her abdomen to confirm pre molt, but I do see her legs moving against the enclosure...

In my experience, if you kill the food item, they will scavenge feed it! I used to tear off cricket legs and throw them in the enclosure and my tiny slings would grab them after a few minutes.

 

[MrFuzzBugz]

Nothing wrong with what you are doing, I usually leave the food items outside and remove after a day or so. If they are hungry, they will come and grab it!