Rank from Most Blue to Least Blue Tarantula

[The Grym Reaper]

A. variegata, it's brighter than the A. avic I had anyway.

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[Venom1080]

I was labeling the pic above it.

 

[Jones0911]

That's a Harpactira pulchripes. Lol very blue, not purple.

I thought these were orange with blue legs/feet?

 

[efmp1987]

I thought these were orange with blue legs/feet?

The pictured pulchripes was photoshopped. I myself was puzzled, and managed to pry the answer from him only after almost a dozen questions.

 

[Venom1080]

Your puzzlement was infectious.

 

[viper69]

Purple is NOT Blue, no more than Orange is Red

 

[efmp1987]

Purple is NOT Blue, no more than Orange is Red

Purple is red plus blue. Orange is red plus yellow.

 

[Nepenthe56]

Not technically a tarantula, but still a big blue spider would be Linothele megatheloides.

 

[Philth]

Later, Tom

 

[efmp1987]

Later, Tom

You sir are awesome! May the goddess grant you more egg sacs

Edit: The psychedelicus looks absolutely divine. Do they sport that color only under a flash?

 

[Philth]

You sir are awesome! May the goddess grant you more egg sacs

Edit: The psychedelicus looks absolutely divine. Do they sport that color only under a flash?

Thanks and yes the flash certainly brings out the color in any tarantula. That is also a juvenile specimen, they tend to darken up and dull out with age.

Later, Tom

 

[efmp1987]

I'm getting an adult female P. sazimai. The only other specie "I can think of" that can make me stop purchasing it is a very cheap T. cyaneolum.

 

[ErinM31]

If you're including purple......Avicularia purpurea, then Aphonopelma seemanni BCF, Holothele sericea, there is more I'm sure.
Euathlus sp Blue, Homoeomma sp. Blue...

Someone should start a new list for purple T's! Going the other direction, I don't think there are really any green T's, are there? The closest I've seen is greenish-gray or blue-green. Just curious.

Are Euathlus sp. "blue" actually blue? I hadn't thought so from the photos I've seen, but then lighting is everything!

@efmp1987 another for your list (don't ask me where it should rank, lol) is Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."

 

[efmp1987]

Someone should start a new list for purple T's! Going the other direction, I don't think there are really any green T's, are there? The closest I've seen is greenish-gray or blue-green. Just curious.

Are Euathlus sp. "blue" actually blue? I hadn't thought so from the photos I've seen, but then lighting is everything!

@efmp1987 another for your list (don't ask me where it should rank, lol) is Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."

N. incei has some greenish tints to it. Purple is covered under blue. So many of those listed here are more purplish-tinged than blue for example

 

[ErinM31]

N. incei has some greenish tints to it.

Hmm, not really... But then I don't think I've seen them greener, which strikes me as odd, now that I think about it. Other arthropods, including other spiders, can be very green. I wonder why no tarantulas really are? Nor are there any white tarantulas, but then given their habitat, I wouldn't expect there to be any.

Purple is covered under blue. So many of those listed here are more purplish-tinged than blue for example

I would separate them; some tarantulas are clearly blue, some are clearly purple, some may be both and some may fall in between and those latter could be on both lists.

... Should I remove aurantiaca from the list? Is it not purple? My desktop has a weird saturation.

Based on the photos, I'd say, yes, remove A. aurantiaca. It doesn't appear blue at all, rather antique gold or something along those lines.

I'd have to agree that Avicularia/Caribena versicolor is the most blue. Pseudhapalopus sp. "blue" should also be high up there, maybe second, but I'm not familiar with every other species that's been listed. Tarantulas that are other colors besides blue, have only blue legs, etc. should be further down the list than ones that are all blue in my opinion. And as long as we're including T's that aren't completely blue, Idiothele mira has lovely feet!

 

[sdsnybny]

Someone should start a new list for purple T's! Going the other direction, I don't think there are really any green T's, are there? The closest I've seen is greenish-gray or blue-green. Just curious.

Are Euathlus sp. "blue" actually blue? I hadn't thought so from the photos I've seen, but then lighting is everything!

@efmp1987 another for your list (don't ask me where it should rank, lol) is Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."

The femurs on the Euathlus sp Blue are indeed deep metallic blue
and Holothele sericea = Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."

 

[efmp1987]

The femurs on the Euathlus sp Blue are indeed deep metallic blue
and Holothele sericea = Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."
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What do you think of Euathlus sp. Blue? Theres a bunch here for sale at a local pet shop. They have around 50 species. XD

Edit: Thats a beautiful shot btw. I wonder if T. Cyaneolums overall color are as deep blue as that.

 

[ErinM31]

The femurs on the Euathlus sp Blue are indeed deep metallic blue
and Holothele sericea = Ischnocolinae sp."dominican blue."
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Lovely photo! Thank you for sharing!

Ugh, why do they keep renaming so many tarantula species?! It is ridiculously confusing!

 

[efmp1987]

Ohm, adding to list:

* Coremiocnemis hoggi

Anyone knows what Haplocosmia "blue femur" is? Thanks in advance!

 

[viper69]

Later, Tom

Was hoping you would drop this in.