Best Dwarf Species?

[RTTB]

A. xwalxwal is found near where I live. Yes they are quite leggy. The US has several interesting dwarf species.

 

[Garth Vader]

Euathlus sp red!

 

[PidderPeets]

Though I hardly have room to talk (I've only had this species for a little over a month), I absolutely love my Hapalopus sp. Small slings so far. I have 3, and their personalities are all different.

One is on the timid side when you move the enclosure at all, but is the first to grab it's food and drag it away.


The largest of the three is just under 1/2 inch in DLS, but is the most curious and bold of all my Ts. When it molted a couple weeks back and kicked out the molt the following day, I used a toothpick to pull it. Instead of staying in it's burrow while a big scary monster messed around in it's vial, it actually came out and grabbed at the toothpick to figure out what was going on. Again, a day (actually, not even a full 24 hours) after molting.


I also apparently have an aspiring actor/actress as a third, because after providing all three with their own rather large (for them) but very dead baby superworms, I came back later to see this one underneath it's meal and eating on it's back. It was only when I took a second look at the photo just now that I realized the little sling had posed in such a way to make it look like the (again, VERY DEAD) superworm was the victor of some epic battle and was currently eating the sling, not the other way around.


Plus, they're hardly the size of my pinky nail and already have their adult colors. I love that.

 

[Deb60]

Just when I thought I wouldn’t be getting anymore Dawrf Ts , and you’ve all given me a few more names to look out for

 

[Andrea82]

Typhochlaena seladonia is also a dwarf species. New in the hobby, from what I've gathered it builds a trapdoor on a piece of bark. Very sensitive species from what I've read. And very very very expensive
https://www.google.nl/search?q=typh..._AUIESgB&biw=360&bih=524#imgrc=cKNuFqjZ-w9MYM:

 

[Tia B]

Typhochlaena seladonia is also a dwarf species. New in the hobby, from what I've gathered it builds a trapdoor on a piece of bark. Very sensitive species from what I've read. And very very very expensive
https://www.google.nl/search?q=typh..._AUIESgB&biw=360&bih=524#imgrc=cKNuFqjZ-w9MYM:

That price

 

[Andrea82]

That price

I know! And adult size is around 3cm DLS...

 

[Ztesch]

Ooh I just looked up Kochiana brunnipes after reading this and man, are they beautiful. I think you just added a spider to my list of must-have species.

Palp friction has one for dirt cheap http://palpfrictiontarantulas.com/phone/shop.html#!/Kochiana-brunnipes/p/97939062/category=0

 

[PanzoN88]

Just when I thought I wouldn’t be getting anymore Dawrf Ts , and you’ve all given me a few more names to look out for

We wouldn't be very good hobbyists if we didn't entice people to spend money on what they didn't think they were going to buy or didn't even know about.

 

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

Typhochlaena seladonia is also a dwarf species. New in the hobby, from what I've gathered it builds a trapdoor on a piece of bark. Very sensitive species from what I've read. And very very very expensive
https://www.google.nl/search?q=typh..._AUIESgB&biw=360&bih=524#imgrc=cKNuFqjZ-w9MYM:

Really hope these go down in price in the next few years. Do you recall what makes them a sensitive species?

 

[Tia B]

Palp friction has one for dirt cheap http://palpfrictiontarantulas.com/phone/shop.html#!/Kochiana-brunnipes/p/97939062/category=0

You guys are making me spend all my money

 

[Ztesch]

You guys are making me spend all my money

Hey you wanted us to find you one, so here you go lol. Although you may have to get a couple more to make that $40 shipping a little more bearable. Palp Friction has a huuuuuge selection and a bunch for pretty cheap. When I was looking yesterday they had P. Metallicas for $60.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Do you recall what makes them a sensitive species?

It's most likely that they are new in the hobby and the husbandry for them hasn't been fully nailed down yet. Just like the reputation Avicularia et al. received when they were kept too damp with insufficient ventilation. The SADS stigma. After a while better info will be available on how to keep them, and the reputation of being 'sensitive' will likely fade.

 

[Sarkhan42]

Hey you wanted us to find you one, so here you go lol. Although you may have to get a couple more to make that $40 shipping a little more bearable. Palp Friction has a huuuuuge selection and a bunch for pretty cheap. When I was looking yesterday they had P. Metallicas for $60.

Palp friction came out of nowhere, but they're fantastic. Great prices, great stock, great shipping, great communication, I honestly can't wait to go back to them. I made a purchase the day before a sale I didn't know about, and without asking they gave me credit for what I would've gotten off with the sale. Absolutely recommend them.

 

[Andrea82]

Really hope these go down in price in the next few years. Do you recall what makes them a sensitive species?

It's along the lines of @dangerforceidle post. Parameter issues like with Avicularia, from what I've gathered. I asked on the Dutch forum but haven't got a precise answer yet.

 

[PanzoN88]

You guys are making me spend all my money

Everybody, i think we converted another one!!!!

 

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

It's most likely that they are new in the hobby and the husbandry for them hasn't been fully nailed down yet. Just like the reputation Avicularia et al. received when they were kept too damp with insufficient ventilation. The SADS stigma. After a while better info will be available on how to keep them, and the reputation of being 'sensitive' will likely fade.

It's along the lines of @dangerforceidle post. Parameter issues like with Avicularia, from what I've gathered. I asked on the Dutch forum but haven't got a precise answer yet.

I see. That makes sense.
Thank you for the replies.

 

[Tia B]

Well, you guys have influenced me to buy an N. incei and an H. villosella. Just ordered them a couple minutes ago. I wanted to order the K. brunnipes, but I just couldn't do the 40 dollar shipping fee. I went with a different seller.

~I can see my money just flying out of my hands~

 

[Andrea82]

Well, you guys have influenced me to buy an N. incei and an H. villosella. Just ordered them a couple minutes ago. I wanted to order the K. brunnipes, but I just couldn't do the 40 dollar shipping fee. I went with a different seller.

~I can see my money just flying out of my hands~

H.villosella is one I'd like as well, i think their long spinnerets look outlandish but awesome

 

[Jake Law]

I’ve been on a hunt for C. ritae for years now, I’ve come across 1 mature male, never seen them offered otherwise. Absolutely stunning little guys, I would LOVE to get my hands on some slings.

I know that this is over a year old but if you’re from the U.S Arachnoiden has C. Ritae slings for around $60 they just got in stock. Thought about getting one but I decided to get a C. Leetzi instead since it was half the price lol