Favorite under-appreciated Ts?

[HoneyOilers]

I love the sling color, but go for a versicolor every time. Not sold on the brown. Currently raising my 5th C. versicolor sling. Still haven’t pulled the trigger on a C. Laeta.

See, when it came to choosing my first pink toe, the standards of an Avicularia or Avicularia and Caribena Versicolor seemed so cliche, so I’m glad the Laeta was an option. Don’t regret it at all. Loves to eat, takes food right off the tongs, and makes really cool webbing. That’s a standard pink toe move though

 

[Teds ts and Inverts]

Another vote for Ornithoctonus aureotibialis. Some people don’t like keeping Asian fossorials because they can be very reclusive and have quite an attitude, but they’re my favorite type of T. I always see mine sitting at the entrance of her burrow at night, showing off those beautiful gold highlights on her front legs. I also love how she made a “volcano” for the entrance to her burrow.

 

[Spifdar]

I have only one spood but it's Eupalaestrus campestratus--and I think underappreciated to an extreme, specifically as a beginner tarantula. Slow, docile, hardy, attractive. Problem is it can be hard to find; I'm in Europe and slings were readily available. I always see Aphonopelmas and Grammostolas recommended--and nothing's wrong with them, but E. campestratus is great too. Another "hairy brown spider" though, so I can see it going overlooked

 

[inquisitivechemist]

Citharacanthus cyaneus is one of my favorite underrated species. Gorgeous purple and orange colors.

 

[katamari]

I’ve seen a lot of hate towards the LP and mine is one of my most fun tarantulas, while my others are more likely to flee from a disturbance, she will sometimes fly across her enclosure to investigate. Uses her hide as a leaf litter/moss dump and lives to be out in the open. Keeps me on my toes, and loves to be out. Love her.

What's "the LP" stand for?

 

[HoneyOilers]

What's "the LP" stand for?

Lasiodora Parahybana. Very common, and a lot of people consider them boring or unappealing. I think it’s a quintessential part of any collection.

 

[Mustafa67]

I saw a description on a vendor’s site for C parvum as “small boring brown tarantulas that literally no one ever buys”, but when I look them up they seem pretty interesting. so it got me thinking what other Ts are getting passed over that you think should be more appreciated in the hobby?

Mine is C portoricae. Another small brown spider. I got one as a freebie a long time ago, didn’t see much info about them back then and still not much about them now. I read they can be feisty, but mine was extremely shy and cute. If I see another one available I’ll probably snatch it up

LP or Nhandu carapoensis

 

[fcat]

Im a bit sad that no one has shown any love for Tliltocatl. They are so much fun to observe, are not shy, tend to not be hair kickers (at least I don’t think I’ve ever seen it unless it was while laying a molt mat, n=~700) Sometimes I even get threat poses

Almost never skip a meal, will tell you when their enclosures are too small or too dry, are hearty as heck and the females live quite a while. They reach respectable sizes and mass.

When you consider how cheap they usually are, it’s quite a bang for your buck.

 

[Mustafa67]

Im a bit sad that no one has shown any love for Tliltocatl. They are so much fun to observe, are not shy, tend to not be hair kickers (at least I don’t think I’ve ever seen it unless it was while laying a molt mat, n=~700) Sometimes I even get threat poses

Almost never skip a meal, will tell you when their enclosures are too small or too dry, are hearty as heck and the females live quite a while. They reach respectable sizes and mass.

When you consider how cheap they usually are, it’s quite a bang for your buck.

T albo is my first and no.1 tarantula, I feel sad mine has molted into a mature male. So I expect this year to be his last, but he is always my best friend.

I prefer T verdezi over Brachypelma harmorii, I find them compareable, their calmness, not eat often and striking colours.

Vagans would be the Tlitocatl version of Brachypelma bohemi it’s the most skittish and has a personality, yet so striking with its black body and red bum. There are Tlitocatls I don’t have but all mine I love (even epicureanum is bright and gentle, not as striking as the vagans but like the calm version).

 

[LucN]

Im a bit sad that no one has shown any love for Tliltocatl. They are so much fun to observe, are not shy, tend to not be hair kickers (at least I don’t think I’ve ever seen it unless it was while laying a molt mat, n=~700) Sometimes I even get threat poses

Almost never skip a meal, will tell you when their enclosures are too small or too dry, are hearty as heck and the females live quite a while. They reach respectable sizes and mass.

When you consider how cheap they usually are, it’s quite a bang for your buck.

Love my T. albopilosus. While not attractive color-wise, she's got the unique looks and is generally the first to be on top of her meals, be it crickets or superworms. Add to the fact that she doesn't hide at all and she's quite easy-going, it makes her one of the overall best spiders. Doesn't matter whether you're a beginner or you've got decades of experience, a T. albo is one of those quintessential Ts that need to be in everyone's collection. IMO, people shouldn't sleep on them because they're beginner-level, mine is often roaming about and has a beauty all her own.

 

[WolfieKate]

T. Verdezi… I got one as a sling for about £6 thats moulted out enough so that I think it’s female. She’s lovely! Really robust.

 

[Tbone192]

C dyscolus for me personally. Needs space and undivided attention though, literal lightning bolt. Pic 3 and 4 say it all, and yet I love them dearly.

 

[Teds ts and Inverts]

C dyscolus for me personally. Needs space and undivided attention though, literal lightning bolt. Pic 3 and 4 say it all, and yet I love them dearly.

I don’t think he’s going to find any good dating advice in that book

 

[Dorifto]

Less than 24h from shipped

Now they are in their temporary setups, at least until they grow a bit more, but more importantly, until their vivariums are fully stablished.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Dammit, I wish I didn't click on this thread

Now I have no choice but to acquire a Neoholothele incei. Great another mouth to feed

I don't have much time left on this planet and really have other T's on my most wanted list that I must have but now it appears the sales campaign in this thread on my next tarantula is going to be N. incei, thanks a lot

 

[CarbonBasedLifeform]

Less than 24h from shipped

Now they are in their temporary setups, at least until they grow a bit more, but more importantly, until their vivariums are fully stablished.

That’s the Y diversipes? love the coloring, truly gorgeous spiders

 

[scottyk]

After the long break I am retroactively feeling like I underappreciated G. rosea....

In my last go around they were still available W/C and were $10- $20 fully grown. I had a big, beautiful female that I purchased as one of my first tarantulas and three more that I took in from a local shelter as rescues. I even successfully bred them but didn't pull the sac because who the heck was going to buy G. rosea slings back then.

They are kind of plain and boring, but I always thought they had a subtle beauty and were really easy to care for and deal with.

Fast forward to today and I was planning on adding one to the collection again, but I can't wrap my brain around $70-$80 for the smallest slings. Especially with the growth rate of this species. I'm not sure I will live long enough to see one mature again. Maybe I will take a small one on next year when I have the bulk of the new collection growing out.


Real bummer for me, and to top it off, my wife's favorite species is seemingly no longer available at all.

 

[CarbonBasedLifeform]

my wife's favorite species is seemingly no longer available at all.

Which species is that?

And I definitely hear you on the G rosea. I would love another adult rose hair nowadays, but when they were readily available I also took the species for granted and passed them up when I was ordering slings. I think back to when I was a kid and that was the only T I had, and it was anything but a boring brown spider. I could sit and admire that pet rock for hours on end lol simpler times.

 

[HoneyOilers]

Which species is that?

And I definitely hear you on the G rosea. I would love another adult rose hair nowadays, but when they were readily available I also took the species for granted and passed them up when I was ordering slings. I think back to when I was a kid and that was the only T I had, and it was anything but a boring brown spider. I could sit and admire that pet rock for hours on end lol simpler times.

They hold a deeply personal place in my heart, first T. Got me over my arachnophobia, I handled her in a pet store, scared. Then, I bought her that same second, fascinated and overjoyed. It’s going to be an expensive bullet to bite, but I need one again. And for clarification, my preferred rose hair is the G. Porteri.

 

[scottyk]

Which species is that?

And I definitely hear you on the G rosea. I would love another adult rose hair nowadays, but when they were readily available I also took the species for granted and passed them up when I was ordering slings. I think back to when I was a kid and that was the only T I had, and it was anything but a boring brown spider. I could sit and admire that pet rock for hours on end lol simpler times.

Crassicus lamanai, and it was called out by the common name of Belize Cinnamon at the time.

My wife grabbed a miserable looking, dehydrated adult female at a reptile expo and she eventually became the beautiful spider in my avatar picture. As well as her personal favorite. I'm hoping it's still sporadically imported and just not available "right now", but this species is currently nowhere to be found.

The lesson I'm taking away from all of this is that if you love a particular species, acquire several, hold on to them and try to facilitate breeding. None of us know which species are going to disappear from the hobby or suddenly get hard to acquire...