How do you all remember tarantula names when everyone always shortens the genus?

[johnny quango]

@Leila this isn't a dig at you (that's the important stuff out of the way) @OliverWhatever Ive personally found the longer you're in the hobby the more familiar you become with species/genus whether abbreviated or the full name P regalis or P irminia this will become the norm. I have had issues in the past with H pulchripes and G pulchripes because they are side by side on a qwerty keyboard the other was S crassipes and H crassipes there as been crossed wires over these in the past

 

[viper69]

If it is a spider I am interested in, I'll manage to remember it in most cases, but when someone drops "A.seemani" or "A.minatrix" in a casual conversation, I have no clue what they are talking about, even if I am familiar with the spider.
I'll look at some picture of a beautiful spider on the front page with an A, C, L, or T in front of a generic species name, and have no idea what it actually is.

From doing it a long time, it's not rocket science.

 

[GreyPsyche]

Honestly, I just remember the most commons ones and the ones that I'm interested in...

Some of the more uncommon ones are still over my head.

One thing that I hate is the reclassification and the amount of absurd common names. It's almost like it doesn't even matter anymore.

Like the B Smithi name change and the C Versicolor....REALLY?

I just know what I want in my collection now anyways, I only use names when ordering them then they become Dan or Tanya or Lou when they get home. Haha. Of course I only really name my females and even then I only use their names when talking to my gf or documenting their molt dates or something of interest.

 

[Ungoliant]

I'll look at some picture of a beautiful spider on the front page with an A, C, L, or T in front of a generic species name, and have no idea what it actually is.

I know for a variety of species that interest me. Otherwise, if I don't figure it out from the context, I Google.

That's why I try to use the full name in my post before using any abbreviations.

 

[creepa]

If your in the hobby long enough you know what they are... (at least i do.)
I most of the time can guess the genera because i am a nerd like that.

 

[BishopiMaster]

@Leila this isn't a dig at you (that's the important stuff out of the way) @OliverWhatever Ive personally found the longer you're in the hobby the more familiar you become with species/genus whether abbreviated or the full name P regalis or P irminia this will become the norm. I have had issues in the past with H pulchripes and G pulchripes because they are side by side on a qwerty keyboard the other was S crassipes and H crassipes there as been crossed wires over these in the past

Wait so, the more experience you have, the better?

 

[johnny quango]

Wait so, the more experience you have, the better?

It isn't fool proof though man so a few still slip through the cracks

 

[cold blood]

just the same way you find your way around a new city...or the way you learn a new language, or the way you learn how to drive a manual....repetition. The more you see and use the terms, the more you remember.

 

[BishopiMaster]

just the same way you find your way around a new city...or the way you learn a new language, or the way you learn how to drive a manual....repetition. The more you see and use the terms, the more you remember.

Amazing

 

[Ellenantula]

I originally only learned the names of the ones I had (and their shortened forms).
Then, I started remembering common ones mentioned on the boards.
Then I started learning about less common ones people would post about -- the 'dream' Ts.
I doubt I could ever learn them all -- there are vast numbers of Ts in the world, plus some get reclassified.
I get by. And if all else fails... google.

 

[Venom1080]

Time is your ally when learning the scientific names. Took me like 5 years as a kid to memorize 600 or so pokemon names. I'm sure you guys can handle it now.

 

[grayzone]

Lots of practice lol. Ive drooled over, researched, and owned, countless sp so it kind of becomes 2nd language after a while.
Im lost as can be with common names tho

 

[Anoplogaster]

Best example is when people use the name "E. sp."

That literally is only meaningful to a tarantula hobbyist because we see it so frequently that we just know what it means. Still bugs me, but I'm adapting

 

[Andrea82]

Best example is when people use the name "E. sp."

That literally is only meaningful to a tarantula hobbyist because we see it so frequently that we just know what it means. Still bugs me, but I'm adapting

Why does that bug you?

 

[BishopiMaster]

Why does that bug you?

Because of the short cryptic notation

 

[Andrea82]

Because of the short cryptic notation

What's cryptic about it...sp. stands for species. Done. That's not so hard to remember is it?

 

[BishopiMaster]

What's cryptic about it...sp. stands for species. Done. That's not so hard to remember is it?

Uhhh, its letters and letters are like symbols, and symbols are cryptic!

 

[TarantulaArvind]

Genera is multiple of genus

I thought the plural was genii

 

[TarantulaArvind]

Yeah exactly youve got a million different types of birdeaters, and none of them eat birds.

If the bird eaters eat birds, are the ornamentals used in home decoration?

 

[BishopiMaster]

If the bird eaters eat bird, are the ornamentals users in home decoration?

Sounds like the start of the next pixars masterpiece.