A. geniculata vs C. cyaneopubescens for a first pet tarantula

[DonLouchese]

I'll be honest with you , looking at ALL the spiders. N. tripepii from the pictures looks the most dull , brown / tan looking spider. When I saw that thing in person for the first time , my coworker had a mature female, tripepii won me over forever. Mine didn't grow yet to his size. That thing truly is massive and the biggest ball of fluff ever. Can't even understand how people didn't recognize it yet.

Chromatus is indeed another option , although they tend to be slower kind of tripepii with stripes. Still pretty , but nowhere close as fluffy. Maybe a coloratovillosus since I'm more of a chunky fluff kind of guy rather than stripes.

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

I'll be honest with you , looking at ALL the spiders. N. tripepii from the pictures looks the most dull , brown / tan looking spider. When I saw that thing in person for the first time , my coworker had a mature female, tripepii won me over forever. Mine didn't grow yet to his size. That thing truly is massive and the biggest ball of fluff ever. Can't even understand how people didn't recognize it yet.

Chromatus is indeed another option , although they tend to be slower kind of tripepii with stripes. Still pretty , but nowhere close as fluffy. Maybe a coloratovillosus since I'm more of a chunky fluff kind of guy rather than stripes.

Looking at the photos of tripepii on Google Images, I found them to be have a nice orangish or reddish tint to them. They definitely do look hairy. You're definitely right about that.

 

[campj]

Lasiodorides striatus

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

Lasiodorides striatus

Just looked them up. Pretty cool.

 

[Cmac2111]

Looking at the photos of tripepii on Google Images, I found them to be have a nice orangish or reddish tint to them. They definitely do look hairy. You're definitely right about that.

N. Tripepii are some of the most stunning looking T's (and one of my favorites) in the hobby IMO (hence why I have one as my profile pic), they make great display T's AS ADULTS... at a smaller size they can be very skittish, reclusive and like to stick around burrows IME. Another plus point for them is that they get fairly large (not as big as geniculata, but still big), are fantastic eaters with intense feeding responses, and aren't slouches in the growing department... I personally like them over chromatus as I have found tripepii to be less bolty (though IME chromatus deal better with drier conditions than tripepii does, if that's something that matters to you at all). That said, I wouldn't recommend them to someone getting their first T for a few reasons; No. 1 - they can be very ornery (during rehousing my 2 big girls will literally just stand in threat pose and try to maul anything than comes near them), No. 2 - they are some of the worst hair-kickers I have worked with (they really can be little urticating-hair turrets!), No 3. - those hairs are nasty (people react to urs differently so take this with a pinch of salt, but of the new worlds I've been haired by, Tripepii was the second worst... they REALLY aren't to be played around with).

At the end of the day, its all up to you. I love Tripepii and Nhandu's in general, and if you want to consider them then do so (not trying to put you off, purely sharing my experience with them)... just don't get your hands anywhere near them lol.

As a personal recommendation, give Lasiodora klugi a look! Similar in many ways to parahybana, but a bit brighter colored. And of course, the famous Pamphobeteus genus is out there!

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Get yourself a Cyriopagopus sp Hati Hati or maybe a Pterinochilus murinus. If your feeling frisky, you can get some Heteroscodra maculata or Stronatopelma calceatum!

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

Get yourself a Cyriopagopus sp Hati Hati or maybe a Pterinochilus murinus. If your feeling frisky, you can get some Heteroscodra maculata or Stronatopelma calceatum!

Yeah I definitely think I'll pass on a P. murinus, H maculata, or S. calceatum until I acquire more experience lol. I don't really know anything about the C. sp. Hati hati so can't really comment on that one.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Yeah I definitely think I'll pass on a P. murinus, H maculata, or S. calceatum until I acquire more experience lol. I don't really know anything about the C. sp. Hati hati so can't really comment on that one.

C sp Hati Hati, at least mine, give me threat poses at 1.5” lol they are an old world arboreal lol

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

I'm leaning towards the Genic but they're both beautiful and hardy NW T's. I do realize that individual T personalities can vary, but just from what I've heard, Genics can be somewhat defensive and GBBs can be skittish. I do not in any way, shape, or form intend to handle any of my tarantulas or any other inverts I may acquire except perhaps during enclosure maintenance and even then only if it's 100% necessary. If I wanted to handle (which I don't) I'd get one of the calmer Brachypelma or Grammostola species. Not a Genic or a GBB.


L. parahybana are cool in a way I suppose. Get really big, probably even slightly larger than a Genic actually, but I find them to be a rather drab, boring brown color in comparison to something like a Genic w/ it's beautiful bright white knees. LPs look kinda like giant overgrown rose hairs imo.


All about dem' stripes m8. All about dem stripes! Lol

I should have specified earlier when I said I think LPs "look kinda like giant overgrown rose hairs" that I was talking about the G. porteri variety which are a drab brown sort of color. Not the G. rosea. I mentioned that the N. tripepii looks kinda like an even rosier version of a G. rosea in a way, and I find them both to be more attractive than G. porteri or LPs.

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

I definitely lean even more heavily towards a Genic than I did prior to making this post, and it will very likely be my first tarantula. (Though again, I wanna get a few scorpions first. It won't be my first invert. It will be my first tarantula.) I should also add that if I could find a sub adult or adult female G. pulchra somewhere down the line I would take that over a GBB sling, but barring that a GBB will still likely be my 2nd tarantula. And G. pulchripes is another one I'd consider getting, eventually. Thanks all.

 

[viper69]

GBB rock the house!

what do you genic fanboys know!

 

[curtisgiganteus]

GBB rock the house!

what do you genic fanboys know!

I wish I didn’t react as strongly to UrS otherwise I would have an army of Grammistola, Nhandu, and GBB

 

[Dementeddoll]

Yeah that's what I figured. If I were to get a pulchra or pulchripes I'd probably try to find a sub adult or adult female, although those can be expensive. Especially the pulchra. A Genic or a GBB I'll probably go w/ a 3/4"-1" unsexed sling.

Yeah a I got a pulchra for 225 unsexed juvi. I kinda thought I overpaid but I’ve been seeing some for about equal or greater price. Which they’re hard to find at that size but if you do you’re looking at around there. If you’re impatient I wouldn’t get one. Why don’t you get a OBT which stands for orange beautiful thing. Haha, just kidding.

 

[Dementeddoll]

C sp Hati Hati, at least mine, give me threat poses at 1.5” lol they are an old world arboreal lol
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Interesting, mine is more on the shy side. Hasn’t acted out like this yet. All I see are liddo feets sticking out and when I’m about to throw in a roach in there it goes deep into its burrow. Rarely do I see that lil booger.

 

[ScorpionEvo687]

Yeah a I got a pulchra for 225 unsexed juvi. I kinda thought I overpaid but I’ve been seeing some for about equal or greater price. Which they’re hard to find at that size but if you do you’re looking at around there. If you’re impatient I wouldn’t get one. Why don’t you get a OBT which stands for orange beautiful thing. Haha, just kidding.

Well, they are known to grow fast and are quite hardy. And beautiful. Too bad they're known for having a nasty temper w/ a relatively painful bite. I feel like they'd maybe make a good intermediate species, though probably not a terribly great beginner one.

 

[viper69]

I wish I didn’t react as strongly to UrS otherwise I would have an army of Grammistola, Nhandu, and GBB

Me too!

But if you get the mini-GBB— no UrS!! And they aren’t any different behavior-wise IME

 

[The Grym Reaper]

GBB rock the house!

what do you genic fanboys know!

C. cyaneopubescens are overrated, they look best as slings, go through an awkward transitional juvie phase that seems to last forever, and when they do finally get their full adult colours you only get to enjoy it for about a week before they kick themselves bald

D. diamantinensis do the colour scheme much better, take up less space, and can't kick themselves bald, they're effectively a GBB version 2.0

 

[Pyrelitha]

I got the gbb and then genic 1 week later
My vote is both

 

[Pyrelitha]

C. cyaneopubescens are overrated, they look best as slings, go through an awkward transitional juvie phase that seems to last forever, and when they do finally get their full adult colours you only get to enjoy it for about a week before they kick themselves bald

D. diamantinensis do the colour scheme much better, take up less space, and can't kick themselves bald, they're effectively a GBB version 2.0

I STRONGLY disagree. MY GBB is still my favorite shes beautiful and never kicks her hairs.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I STRONGLY disagree. MY GBB is still my favorite shes beautiful and never kicks her hairs.

Great but yours is the exception, not the rule.