What are the must haves for a T collection?

DanHalen

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I'm surprised that no one's mentioned a P. Subfusca? :eek:

I got my P. Tiginawesseli earlier this week, but I'd still stick with Subfusca given the choice :)
 

bananaman

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Most people mention new worlders...

I'd have to say P.murinus and a Ceratogyrus (bechuanicus IMO)...
 

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bananaman said:
Most people mention new worlders...

I'd have to say P.murinus and a Ceratogyrus (bechuanicus IMO)...

I'm with you..
I love Baboon Spiders :)

so any Africans

ESP
- H. maculata
- S. caleatum
- Ceratogyrus *anything*
What would a collection be without an OBT ??
 

rockstar

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b. smithi / mexican redknee
b. auratum / mexican flameknee
b. boehmei / mexican fireleg
a. seemani / costarican zebra, or stripeknee
g. rosea / chilean rose
c. cyaneopubescens / green bottle blue
h. lividum / cobalt blue
p. murinus / usambara baboon
t. blondi / goliath
x. immanis / lesserback
n. chromatus / red and white
h. maculata / ornamental baboon
p. regalis / indian ornamental
a. versicolor / antilles pinktoe
 
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stubby8th

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My 'MUST-HAVES' in a T collection, huh? OK. Well, these are what I am partial to anyway:

Avicularia versicolor - encapsulates all the best in avics, IMO.

Brachypelma albopilosum - underated, awsome T

Brachypelma emelia - good looks, great personality!

Brachypelma smithi - ditto

Ephebopus murinus - now here's one - lots of attitude, but man - what a good-looker! and absolutely vicious toward her prey.

Eupalaestrus campestratus - a 'stone', one you can sit through a movie with! Great looking T too, black & white femur stripes with long pink hairs.

Grammastola aurostriata - docile and large!

Lasiodora parahybana - awsome T! Get a sling for sure; grows fast and large!
 

nhojz

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...

nhandu chromatus
t. blondi
a. versicolor
g. pulchra
 

Cirith Ungol

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I don't think there are any must haves. Nobody must have any T. But anybody who wants a T should get one he can take care of.

If you really boil it all down, you might chose them for colour or behaviour. If you chose by color you might end up with thousands of them. If you chose by behaviour you could stop with three. One arboreal, one grounder and a digger.

Once you already have T's and some of them are male there could be potentially some must haves by you getting females for them so that you can breed the males before they die, but that's as "must have" as I see it.
 

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P. baeri...

Reason:
i have more than 10 T's both OW and NW and i always feed my P. baeri last. Primarily because of all the T's i managed to own, the P. baeri gives the best show ever. it does not just sit tight and wait for the prey to come to it.
the moment it senses the infortunate cricket/roach touch its web, it would come out of its burrow and run after it across the enclosure until it is caught.
and take note, it even goes after prey nearly equal its size!!
:clap: :clap: :clap:
 

swade655

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ok I took everones opinions to heart a bit....
recently added a gbb and a b. boehmi
ordering a parybana and p. subfusca today
 

Darkmacheen

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I really have to say that i love my C. Fasciatum and my C.Huahini. IMO they would be a great t for any collection
 

Steve Nunn

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Hi,
Anything black or brown, no colours ;)

When you've kept for years and all the colourful rocks get boring to you, then you will come to the dark side of brown spiders!! It's all about the attitude :)

Come to the dark side, come.......

Steve
 

pinkfoot

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Steve Nunn said:
Hi,
Anything black or brown, no colours ;)

When you've kept for years and all the colourful rocks get boring to you, then you will come to the dark side of brown spiders!! It's all about the attitude :)

Come to the dark side, come.......

Steve
...I think we'll make you an honourary South African, Oh Dark One..!{D :D
 

Steve Nunn

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LOL, funny you should say that, one of my greatest peers, Doug Wallace, an old timer type arachnologist from Rockhampton in Qld (just down the road from me) used to love going to SA on trips with the SA spider club, many, many years ago ;) The old now obsolete Rocky Arachnological Society was a sister society to the SA Spider Club, we used to exchange info and images all the time :)

One day I will get to your beautiful country, there's something about your Augacephalus that I can't ignore, one heck of a nice harpactirine ;)

Cheers,
Steve
 

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Well I would have to say:

All spiders from the Haplopelma spp as well as a Citharischius crawshayi, T.blondi and A.geniculata.
Those are must haves in my opinion.
 

dGr8-1

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every collection should have a :

B.smithi (for the most TV appearance)
G.rosea (for being the most boring)
T.blondi (for sheer size)
C. cyaneopubescens (for being the most colorful)
P. murinus (for being the most insane)
H.lividum (most wonderful shades of blue)
c.crawshayi (for being the toughest)

Pokies? i don't have any ideas about them... heeheehee
i guess P.metallica (for being the most expensive) hehehe
 

Cirith Ungol

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dGr8-1 said:
every collection should have a :

B.smithi (for the most TV appearance)
G.rosea (for being the most boring)
T.blondi (for sheer size)
C. cyaneopubescens (for being the most colorful)
P. murinus (for being the most insane)
H.lividum (most wonderful shades of blue)
c.crawshayi (for being the toughest)

Pokies? i don't have any ideas about them... heeheehee
i guess P.metallica (for being the most expensive) hehehe
Hehe... funny list. :) Though I think OBT and lividum would have to battle it out for most insane ;)
 

Joanie

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I think each person should pick out which species are most appealing to them, but here are my "must have" categories:

at least one really colorful species
at least one species with a lot of attitude
at least one laidback species you can handle
at least one really big species
at least one species that is always hungry, so you can feed it for visitors
and (this one is debatable) one obligate burrower species, because when it appears from its hole and you suddenly see your spider again after weeks of thinking you own a cage full of dirt, it is just such a thrill.
 
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