Challenge For Hobbyists: Top 10 Tarantulas?

[Olan]

1. Pamphobeteus sp.
2. Brachypelma hamorii
3. Brachypelma albiceps
4. Xenesthis intermedia
5. Acanthoscurria geniculata
6. Grammostola iheringi
7. Heteroscodra maculata
8. Pterinopelma sazimai
9. Hysterocrates gigas
10. Lampropelma sp. Borneo Black

10 is a really hard number. 15 would be so much easier. I had to leave out several species I really like.

 

[johnny quango]

I'm gonna do mine top 10 from my own collection as if i didn't like them i wouldn't have them.

1 Grammostola pulchra who doesn't love a jet black tarantula

2 Grammostola iheringi get one you'll see why

3 Thrixopelma cyaneolum doesn't everybody want one

4 Pamphobeteus sp mascara a huge eating machine

5 Megaphobema robustum even if i never see her

6 Thrixopelma sp cajamarca like a large E sp red and just as curious

7 Phormictopus cochleasvorax cuban snail muncher nuff said

8 E sp red stunning sweetheart

9 Psalmopoeus cambridgei it's green

10 Thrixopelma lagunas navy blue and gold just so beautiful

These aren't in any order just as they came to me

 

[dmac]

G. pulchra (have)
N. chromatus (have)
C. elegans (have)
T. blondi (need!)
P. pulcher (have)
C. versicolor (have)
Y. diversipes (need!)
H. pulchripes (need!)
P. vittata (need!)
B. boehmei (have)

 

[boina]

To like a tarantula I have to see a tarantula. I don't like species that stay hidden all the time so my list contains only species that are out and about at least at times (no particular order):

1. Acanthoscurria geniculata - The Murderess.
2. Megaphobema mesomelas - even more murderous.
3. Avicularia huriana - the queen of fluff
4. Thrixopelma cyaneolum - oh so blue, and very docile
5. Grammostola pulchra - moving the earth
6. Pterinochilus chordatus - patterns in grey and black
7. Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti - shiny purple fluff, very curious
8. Psalmopoeus irminia - the best feet ever
9. Lasiodora klugi - the black and red murder tank
10. Nhandu chromatus - the most colorful murderess
11. Poecilotheria rufilata - the green tree bark spider

(ok, I cheated...)

 

[Dannica]

My list changes day to day, but here’s the current one, in no particular order.

1. D.diamantinensis
2. P.antinous
3. T.sp panama
4. A.avicularia
5. C.versicolor
6. M.balfouri
7. Y.diversipes
8. E.cyanognathus
9. I.hirsutum
10. P.metallica

 

[Formerphobe]

If I had to trim down my current collection, these are the 10 individuals on my Keeper List, no particular order:
Brachypelma verdezi
Aphonopelma seemanni
Grammostola pulchra
Avicularia "metallica"
Chilobrachys fimbriatus
Nhandu tripepii
Brachypelma boehmei
Pterinopelma murinus
Monocentropus balfouri
Poecilotheria metallica

 

[milky]

1. M. robustum
2. A. bicoloratum
3. B. hamorii
4. H. maculata
5. E. murinus
6. P. ultramarinus
7. N. incei
8. P. irminia
9. M. balfouri
10. E. cyanognathus

 

[Venom1080]

Poecilotheria rufilata, subfusca, ornata, metallica.

Phormingochilus carpenteri, everetti, sp Rufus.

Theraphosa apophysis

Avicularia aurantiaca, Rufus.

 

[FinnMosin]

No particular order of course.

Poecilotheria rufilata
Lampropelma nigerrimum
Psalmopoeus cambridgei
Tapinauchenius violaceus
Stromatopelma calceatum
Heteroscodra maculata
Encyocratella olivacea
Selenocosmia arndsti
Lyrognathus crotalus
Aphonopelma hentzi

Yup. Hentzi. You heard right. I see thousands of them every year while herping. Seeing tarantulas in the wild is great. Slings, burrows, molts, eggsacs, wandering males.... It's way more rewarding to witness them in the wild.

 

[FinnMosin]

Please excuse the double post, folks. If a mod wishes to delete my first post, that would be great. Have a good one, all!