Best Brachypelma?

[ECH]

I would now like to know your favorite Brachypelma! Brachypelma is my favorite genus of any tarantula atm and I wanna know your favorite. My favorite, as of now, is Brachypelma albiceps but closely followed by Brachypelma klaasi and boehmei.

 

[Mjb30]

I only have a B.albopilosum and a B.hamorii but I’d vote for the albo! More skittish than the hamorii but it’s exploring more and spends most of its time out of its burrow these days

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Brachypelma spp. make up a good chunk of my collection so:

B. emilia for looks.

B. emilia

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• Jul 24, 2017
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Scarlet, my 3" female.

B. albopilosum (Honduran/Hobby Form) because she was my first T

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Honourable mention to my B. hamorii because she's broken and it's funny.

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My B. hamorii is still defective.

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She still thinks she's a P. cancerides.

 

[JAFUENTES]

Hamorri hands down because my first T was a Hamorri !

 

[Sarkhan42]

B. klaasi is by far my favorite. My little female is absolutely stunning.

 

[Liquifin]

Love the B. vagans, they are cheap and have beautiful velvet abdomens as they age.

 

[PanzoN88]

B. schroederi are #1 in my opinion



B. albopilosum is #2 (though my female is always going to be #1 as she was my first).



(Yes she was kicking fairly recently, decorating her hide a little)

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

Brachypelma baumgarteni is my ultimate favourite species out of all the tarantulas in the world.


Brachypelma smithi aka annitha is my second favorite Brachypelma species.

 

[Vinny2915]

B.emilia. Those pinkish areas on the legs are stunning.

 

[Joie1234]

ill go for Brachypelma Albopilosum and Emilia. Feels like albo is a classic and emilia for looks.

 

[Mychajlo]

Brachypelma Albiceps! I don’t have one of these yes but I am counting down the days until I do, I think they are beautiful and I’ve heard they are quite friendly

 

[JohnR]

B. schroederi and B. hamorii are my 2 top choices in my Brachy collection...

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Dr. Cooleridge, obviously

 

[ECH]

Brachypelma Albiceps! I don’t have one of these yes but I am counting down the days until I do, I think they are beautiful and I’ve heard they are quite friendly

I have an Brachypelma albiceps sling and she (hopefully “she”) is very docile but a shy eater and a slow grower but isn’t that just a Brachy? But I hope you get that T because they are gorgeous and so sweet! I feel like they get overlooked by hobbyist too much.

 

[Paul1126]

My favourite is the boehmei I only have a sling at the moment.

Honourable mentions:
B. kahlenbergi

Brachypelma kahlenbergi

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B. emilia

B. emilia

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• Nov 15, 2017

B. klaasi

The most photogenic tarantula ever

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[Nightstalker47]

B.albiceps would have to be my favorite. Their coloration is just spectacular.

Love all the brachys though.

Close second would be B.boehmei

B.hamorii

Hybrids can look pretty sweet too. My boy Big Red is always an eye catcher when showing off the collection. Great educational tool as well, to those who don't know about hybridization within the hobby.

 

[spookyvibes]

Brachypelma albiceps, with Brachypelma emilia being a close second!

 

[cold blood]

For me albiceps and kalssi are head and shoulders above the rest.

Next for me would be emelia...love the carapace. But all the red leg brachys look great.

Brachypelma Albiceps! I don’t have one of these yes but I am counting down the days until I do, I think they are beautiful and I’ve heard they are quite friendly

IME they react much like vagans...they tend to be more on the skittish side of Brachypelma.

I have an Brachypelma albiceps sling and she (hopefully “she”) is very docile but a shy eater and a slow grower but isn’t that just a Brachy?

Well, albiceps is a special kind of slow growing. Some, like albopilosum and vagans, do tend to grow fairly fast...my hamorii went from 1-4" in like 2.5 years....but the albiceps, they grew at a glacial pace by comparison. Took like 3 years just to get over that 1" mark. After 1.25-1.5", their appetites really picked up though, and so did growth at that point.....but man, I felt like I was raisng rose hair slings....results are much prettier though...and very worth the effort.

B. albiceps

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• Nov 11, 2017
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[johnny quango]

There is really a bad Brachypelma they are all great in their own way. I have to say that Brachypelma verdezi is one of the best tarantulas I've ever kept, i have a mature male in my collection now along with another 9 species of Brachypelma

 

[DanBsTs]

Gonna have to go with the Vagans here. There is something about a black T with a red that I find appealing. It is also the first T I got when I entered the hobby so its got a special place in my heart. Im hoping when I get home from work it will have molted. fingers crossed.