Expensive Tarantula

Dorcus

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Just want to ask what is the most expensive tarantula?
 

xalbinox

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I would have to say the Gooty Ornamental which retails at about $400.00 U.S. currency. Not a cheap T' at all :eek:
 

spyder7697

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I would agree and also add the Xenesthis intermedia as one of the top dollar T's but I do believe the P. Metallica is and will be the #1 now and for a while :(
Ski-Ya Laterz
Russ
 

PapaSmurf

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i'd say p.metallica or a adult Xennethis specie wouldnt be cheap lol.
 

Vanisher

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Dorcus said:
Just want to ask what is the most expensive tarantula?
I would say maybe Xenesthis monstrosa, or some of the rarest poekes. Cheers!!!//Johan
 

critterz

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Don't forget Cyriopagopus sp. "blue". Still a very pricey spider at $400.
 

metallica

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i have a B. albopilosum for sale, for $10.000 it's yours. is this the most expensive at the moment now??
 

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Sorry Eddie, but my juvenile unsexed albopilosum is going for 15500 USD
Hurry place your order before its gone! One time offer!

/Lelle
 

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Sorry Chaps but I can go one better, Iv a small brown jobbie found in a banana crate I don’t have a clue what it is could even be the last of it’s kind therefore it’s very very rare indeed ;), I think £1,000,000 will cover it.
 

metallica

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Crotalus said:
Sorry Eddie, but my juvenile unsexed albopilosum is going for 15500 USD
Hurry place your order before its gone! One time offer!

/Lelle
unsexed, don't make me laugh! mine is guaranteed possible female!!
 

FryLock

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metallica said:
unsexed, don't make me laugh! mine is guaranteed possible female!!
Yes but dear costumer reading this :D, why take the risk if Eddy's is a possible female (guaranteed at that) and Lelle's is unsex.. well we all know unsexed can be slang for "possible male" so be smart and buy both, think of the money you could make then ;).
 

Crotalus

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But yours is cheap euro trash stock! Mine is purebred and het for lividism!

/Lelle
 

metallica

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Lelle, rumour has it, that the parents of your specimen both were het for lividism (and then only under special light!) and with lividism being a resesive gen, your unsexed albo is only 66% possible het for lividism!

my specimen, guaranteed possible female, actually stood next to a metallica in the pet store! try and beat that!

Eddy
 

bugsnstuff

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i sometimes listen to Metallica while feeding and cleaning, does that count? :?

i even heard one of mine stridulating along to Enter Sandman the other day :}
 

Apocalypstick

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metallica said:
unsexed, don't make me laugh! mine is guaranteed possible female!!

Putting a pink bow on it's carapace does not make it a possible female...
geez, some people will try anything ;P
 

rosehaired1979

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The Cyriopagopus sp. "blue" is the most expensive T out there right now the P.metallica have gone down. And I have u all beat I have 2 E.cyanognthaus slings unsexed for $5 million :p
 

Greg Wolfe

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Most expensive...

There are many species out there that demand top dollar. Some, as mentioned earlier are Xenesthis, Gooty, some pamphobeteus (ultramarinus) and others.
Of course, if a never described purple and white striped yellow polk-a-dot monster female emerges from the rain forest and into my collection I would consider selling her for mega bucks... maybe. ;P {D :)
 
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