Agressive Tarantula's

[Merfolk]

Cool reading though.

All my spiders had a phase like this.

My most aggressive are

P murinus
T blondi/apophysis
Vitalius crisatus

Mention to my Psalmos....

 

[beardslykrew]

king baboon
obt
cobalt blue

 

[von_z]

-Any haplo really
-My C. huahini (very scary)
-Not sure on number 3

I think it really depends on the individual T's.

 

[ThomasH]

C. shioedtei!!! 100 times more aggressive than the T. blondi, C. fasciatum or the A. versicolor. LOL. Don't have many aggressives yet.

 

[Moltar]

I have in my collection 4 haplopelmas, a big female E murinus (skeleton) and two adult P murinus. All of those are easily ticked off but mostly just skittish. If they're startled they run for cover. If they're blocked from their burrow, feel cornered or seriously threatened (not just startled) they will then get down with the threats and strikes.

On the other hand... Some of the feistier NW t's don't bother to run very far if at all if startled. What they do is they turn on you in 1/8 second, throw up a big threat display and most likely will bite you before backing down even one inch. I think that's pretty defensive.

On this basis I shall go against the grain and say that from my experience the most defensive 3 are:

N coloratovillosus

A geniculata

P cancerides

 

[Mikey71_DK]

Got a G. rosea with PMS :evil:

 

[presurcukr]

First of all I say Hello to all, I;m First time here, so what about question:
*H.Lividium
*P. Murinus
*T.Blondi

my thoughts too but i have a B.smithi that will out display my "obt"

 

[gvfarns]

Unless someone has kept a bunch of the species known for their defensiveness, it's like someone who owns a Ford Taurus and a Chevy Impala, never having owned a Camaro SS or any other high HP vehicle, sitting there arguing with a Mustang GT owner who has also owned a Camaro SS and a Firebird Formula of similar years that the Camaro is faster (this is purely hearsay, just for an example...personally, I can't stand Ford). It's absurd...pure and simple...it's like a virgin trying to tell someone else which position is better for sex. As I said, no offense to anyone who has answered...but I would take the responses with a grain of salt unless it is someone who has had a good bit of experience with all kinds of baboons, pokies, and the more defensive NW's out there.

And yet people do argue (or rather, talk) about the speeds of cars they don't own or don't have enough experience to really critique. All the time actually. Let's face it, part of the purpose of this forum is to allow us to share opinions that are much less than authoritative.

Although the posters may not have expansive experience, we can still learn something from people saying "the most aggressive T I have had is..." because that represents a comparison between that species and all the others those people have owned. when we aggregate over a lot of people, we get a lot of species represented. Of course, it's biased toward spiders that are more common, but we just have to live with that. Or try and compensate in our mind for the commonness of mentioned spiders in the hobby.

Lastly, there are a number of people on this forum who really have a lot of spiders. I mean a lot. And they can probably tell us something authoritative about their temperament. But they may or may not be in the mood to prove that they are authorities before speaking up.

If there was a simple and well accepted answer to the question, we would only have one post on the subject, and it would be a pretty quiet forum.

I realize you said this a long freaking time ago, but I thought it deserved a response anyway.

 

[fartkowski]

The last time I did rehousing both my Brachypelma vagans were crazy, they also go nuts when I fill the water.
Also I hear that Grammostola pulchras are supposed to be docile, well not my guy. Just as crazy as my vagans.
My 3rd choice would have to be my Pamphobeteus sp "Platyomma.
Oh and when I did the rehousing my T blondi, P murinus, T apophysis, and all my pokies were very well behaved.

 

[dragon_95]

i think cobalt blue, usumbara baboon , and thai black

 

[Jugger]

I had a cobalt blue, he was angry.
I traded him for a skeleton(WAY angry)He gets up at a breeze and always
has venom dripping from his fangs.

 

[the nature boy]

EASY--why does this thread even exist?

What do you think is the 3 most agressive tarantula's ? just want to know other members opinions...i think usambra orange, skeleton tarantula, and cobalt blue...thanks...


jeff

EASY. S. calceatum, S. calceatum, and S. calceatum.

 

[the nature boy]

The T that I have that I will never let out or try to tranfer. The meanest T I own is a S.calceatum. It is a mature male and he basically flies around inside its container. He leaps at the flashlight when I shine it on the glass. When I spray water thru the lid, he leaps at the soure of the spray. He literally bounces around when I accidently disturb him. He scares the hell out of me. I have OBTs, C.crawshayi, H.lividums and Hysterocates spc., but I never want another one of these!!!

Right on the money. lol.

 

[mwh9]

Not having but 4 T's, I can't say I know about very many but, I have a Nhandu coloratovillosus that could hold his own against most any that I have seen. It could be that I have just a really nasty one.

 

[mouse]

not too sure, the only ones of mine i hated rehousing was my obt and my p. cambregei (trinidat chevron) since he was a fast one and actually jumpes out at ppl. he never did more then run tho.
but since i'm into the more calm T's, all i know i won't even think of getting a
m. robustum
king baboon or cobalt blue

 

[RichRollin]

I've only seen one mention of P. Cancerides, that species is the most defensive that I've owned. I've also got a P. Murinus and to me it's docile compared to the Haitian Brown. She is downright nasty 95% of the time.

 

[Paramite]

I've only seen one mention of P. Cancerides, that species is the most defensive that I've owned. I've also got a P. Murinus and to me it's docile compared to the Haitian Brown. She is downright nasty 95% of the time.

P. cancerides is quite defensive yes, but there's a lot more defensive OW species. P. murinus isn't so bad.

 

[RichRollin]

P. cancerides is quite defensive yes, but there's a lot more defensive OW species. P. murinus isn't so bad.

The P. Cancerides was my first tarantula, and I actually bought it because I wanted a large, aggressive species. Cost was also a factor as I wanted something inexpensive. She/he has certainly lived up to the reputation.

BTW I know the reputation of many of the OW species and my next purchase will probably be a Cobalt Blue or King Baboon. The H. Lividum was another one of the species I was considering starting out with but I went with the Cancerides because of the size.

 

[Paramite]

BTW I know the reputation of many of the OW species and my next purchase will probably be a Cobalt Blue or King Baboon. The H. Lividum was another one of the species I was considering starting out with but I went with the Cancerides because of the size.

If you want something that's usually incredibly defensive, choose C. crawshayi. H. lividum seems to be a little bit calmer.

 

[RichRollin]

If you want something that's usually incredibly defensive, choose C. crawshayi. H. lividum seems to be a little bit calmer.

Thanks for the advice. BTW, how bad is the bite from a H. Lividum? I've heard it's one of worst, as far as tarantulas go anyway.