Fossorial T's Personal Opinion

[ConstancePlants]

Hi! For those of you who keep fossorial tarantulas- would you share your favorite species and why? Or share which species is or was not your favorite and why? I want to add a fossorial spider to my collection but I am having trouble deciding which one

Thanks so much!

 

[jrh3]

1.) I. Mira
2.) O. Philippinus
3.) C. Darlingi

That is my 3 favorites in order. Mira because its a trap door species, philippinus because they are smooth and orange, darlingi because they make great beginners and have a horn.

 

[DomGom TheFather]

C. marshalli or P. muticus.

C. marshalli eats dinner to recreate old photo.

• DomGom TheFather
• Jan 8, 2021
• ceratogyrus great horned baboon tarantula marshalli

This looks familiar

Good morning.

• DomGom TheFather
• Aug 1, 2020
• king baboon pelinobius muticus

The king, "What's for breakfast?"

marshalli has a better feeding response, is fairly easy to work with and out on display often. The king is what it is. When they're topside, you get tingly in your bathing suit places.

 

[ConstancePlants]

1.) I. Mira
2.) O. Philippinus
3.) C. Darlingi

That is my 3 favorites in order. Mira because its a trap door species, philippinus because they are smooth and orange, darlingi because they make great beginners and have a horn.

I would love to see photos of them and their enclosures if you don’t mind sharing

 

[Tarantuland]

I love baboons, as well as a lot of the ornithoctoninae that start as fossorial then kind of become aboreal as they grow. I Mira are amazing because of the trapdoor. M Balfouri, Ceratogyrus darlingi and marshalli, Hati hati, phormingochilus sp ackaya

 

[vicareux]

C.darlingi, H.gigas

C.darlingi looks great,makes cool tunnels with web spreading all over the enclosure from the burrow. Mine is out fairly often

H.gigas because it makes nice,deep tunnels and you almost never see it. Not seeing it often is a bonus for me because it feels awesome anytime you are able to see it fully. No other T makes me go say "whoa look at that" everytime i see it out , and dark,deep matte brown look of it is awesome.

 

[BoyFromLA]

Haploclastus devamatha.

Haploclastus devamatha

I personally prefer clear enclosures over not so clear enclosures just because I love to watch / observe my tarantulas as clearly as possible. That include eating, drinking, molting, stretching, wandering, grooming, pooping, digging, webbing, building things. Watching / observing Idiothele mira...

arachnoboards.com

 

[QuinnStarr]

I only have one fossorial and it’s a sling right now, so I can’t speak exactly on my “favorite” but O. philipinus is suuuuuper orange, even as a sling. It’s not as vibrant as it’s adult colors but it is definitely ORANGE.

 

[viper69]

AF I. mira- aka Blue Suede Shoes

• viper69
• Jul 10, 2018
• 3
• blue foot baboon tarantula idiothele idiothele mira mira

I mira

 

[Tarantuland]

I only have one fossorial and it’s a sling right now, so I can’t speak exactly on my “favorite” but O. philipinus is suuuuuper orange, even as a sling. It’s not as vibrant as it’s adult colors but it is definitely ORANGE.

I thought you weren’t getting Old Worlds?

 

[QuinnStarr]

I thought you weren’t getting Old Worlds?

Well, you see.
I wasn’t gonna. But then I did.

 

[Tarantuland]

Well, you see.
I wasn’t gonna. But then I did.

Understandable

 

[QuinnStarr]

Understandable

I have no other logic behind that, to be honest. So I’m glad someone found it funny

 

[Venom671]

My favorite is any asian fossorial, but id recommend the Ephebopus or megaphobelma to start with

 

[jrh3]

I only have one fossorial and it’s a sling right now, so I can’t speak exactly on my “favorite” but O. philipinus is suuuuuper orange, even as a sling. It’s not as vibrant as it’s adult colors but it is definitely ORANGE.

They are jaw dropping when they hit around 2.5-3 inches.

 

[YungRasputin]

that i own: S. crassipes or M. balfouri
that i wish i owned: C. fimbriatus

reasons being beauty, power, speed, venom, the places their endemic to in the wild, etc - S. crassipes in particular, because of how it created a cave and within that cave, created multiple entrance/exit tunnels

 

[kingshockey]

m balfouri
i mira
p muticus is my favorite the easiest to manage and rehouse least likely to dash off helter skelter in any direction my balfouri was that way threat pose and then take off in the blink of an eye my p muticus is threat pose and take its slow moving time to try getting away. it grows really slow to got my sling in july 2019 and is only a bit over 2 inches from a 1/4 inch sling when i first got it pic is my p muticus sling around an inch or so an active digger constant mess in its water dish to clean each morningbut i never knew which entrance it would spy at me from when cleaning etc.keep in mind though mine is just a baby still things can/might change drasticly(attitude wise) once it gets to the age and size of domgom the fathers p muticus.(how can you not love that color) i can usually catch mine out topside late nights 3 ish to 4 am webbing or piling sub around the surface.

 

[l4nsky]

Pelinobius muticus, purely because of nostalgia (first tarantula for me) and the presence they have when they're older and you see them out of their burrows. Have a decent sized female stridulate (hiss) at you just once, and you won't forget that spider lol.

 

[Tarantulafeets]

L giannispasotoi: their color fade is beautiful when they're adults, and I really like stout legged tarantulas. This pic was from when I got it (juvie,) and its colors were pretty dull but a molt soon after brightened it up.

Lyrognathus giannispasatoi

• Tarantulafeets
• Jul 17, 2021
• 1
• juvenile lyrognathus giannisposatoi sumatran stout leg tarantula

Still trying to remember how to spell and pronounce the scientific name...

This is from a bit after its molt, but it always goes back in its hole when I move the enclosure.


H gigas: all three of these choices (in my experience) stay outside pretty often, but this one the most. And their velvety brown when adults looks really cool.

H gigas

• Tarantulafeets
• Oct 21, 2021
• cameroon brown baboon tarantula fossorial hysterocrates gigas macro

Surprisingly always outside.

C marshalli: pretty well tempered, and I really like the horn.

C marshalli

• Tarantulafeets
• Oct 2, 2021
• ceratogyrus ceratogyrus marshalli feeding great horned baboon tarantula marshalli

Innocently murdering a roach

 

[Craig73]

• I. mira - adorable small, visually stunning and trap door.
• P. muticus - Cause @DomGom TheFather told me they are the you know what and it’s true. On cool mamajama
• P. murinus cause again @DomGom TheFather said it was awesome. If it ain’t orange it ain’t obt.
• C. darlingi - Mine is coming soon. A T with a horn, why the heck not.