If you could change anything about the hobby...

[RezonantVoid]

From brighter side, we can at least taste aussie Ts, we still have crassipes, and it is dirt cheap and common.
But I agree it would be great to have some Selenotypus spp..

Yea that's true. Unfortunately, Crassipes is the only ones you have circulating around outside Australia. Something like A.Wallace, S.C.Robustus or S.Plumipes would be great. And for those who want to brave the most extreme spider behaviour, we even have Selenotholus Kotzman

 

[Vanisher]

I have neverv seen ANY australien tarantula in Sweden NEVER!

 

[Paul1126]

No Australian invertebrates of any kind unfortunately. I claimed them all. You can't have them!

Keep them those fast and high strung OWs, no thanks. I'll admire them in safety via YouTube.

 

[Minty]

I also wish there were effective, documented and reliable captive breeding programs, where endangered species could be reintroduced to the wild. If there already are, please link me so I can read about it.

 

[baconwrappedpikachu]

I do the opposite: at shows with vendors that don't use scientific names, I Google the common names to find out the possible scientific names.

That's what I end up doing now! After a few months of working on learning the scientific names, I totally draw a blank when it comes to common names most of the time. I mean, I know what a GBB is, but for the most part it seems to do more harm than good. Like, what even are the common names for Acanthoscurria geniculata and Nhandu chromatus? Brazilian black and white and brazilian red and white? Banded? ...Knees? I don't know, just seems like people are quick to write off scientific names as being confusing but common names are much more confusing... they just happen to be familiar words.

 

[advan]

Yea that's true. Unfortunately, Crassipes is the only ones you have circulating around outside Australia. Something like A.Wallace, S.C.Robustus or S.Plumipes would be great. And for those who want to brave the most extreme spider behaviour, we even have Selenotholus Kotzman

Tell that to the few Aussie species I have here in Minnesota. Did everyone forget that Steve Nunn legally exported many species years ago? Due to efforts from a few breeders in the US(@Philth and @syndicate) we still have these available.

 

[RezonantVoid]

Tell that to the few Aussie species I have here in Minnesota. Did everyone forget that Steve Nunn legally exported many species years ago? Due to efforts from a few breeders in the US(@Philth and @syndicate) we still have these available.

How many species? The only ones I ever see people have are Crassipes and occasionally Strennus

 

[Drea]

Aww come on, everyone knows what blue black green striped dotted straight curly hair king rage crowned desert winter jungle African clawed ponytail money colored baboon some world spotted tarantula is.

@cold blood Just joking about all the crazy common names I have heard of the years.

 

[cold blood]

@cold blood Just joking about all the crazy common names I have heard of the years.

the clarification was meant as a joke

 

[Drea]

the clarification was meant as a joke

:’) And this is why my plant has name. I restate what a loser. Haha

 

[TheDarkLordOfMuffins]

:’) And this is why my plant has name. I restate what a loser. Haha

my plants have names as well don't worry you ain't the only one

 

[Drea]

@Venom1080 its not what you think. They are decorations in his enclosure.

Retrospect, does sound bad.

 

[Liquifin]

Catching back up to this thread, I gotta say that opinions truly show strong on this thread. Interesting, indeed.

I dislike the fact alot of dull colored species are rare and expensive. People only buy the ones with pretty colors, and the Browns and blacks slowly become rarer and rarer.

Sad, but true and Australian T.'s are underappreciated. I can't really complain on this issue on terms of dull colored T.'s. It's a market issue, people avoid typical or dull looking T.'s and what newer people want is better looking specimens, not rarer (basic black/brown) specimens. I mean it would explain the beginner who states, "I have a P. metallica, my first T.". Whatever sells more, people breed more of.
And the rest is in the dust for the experienced breeders to pick up so those other species don't become lost despite how dull looking they can be.

 

[jrh3]

Catching back up to this thread, I gotta say that opinions truly show strong on this thread. Interesting, indeed.


Sad, but true and Australian T.'s are underappreciated. I can't really complain on this issue on terms of dull colored T.'s. It's a market issue, people avoid typical or dull looking T.'s and what newer people want is better looking specimens, not rarer (basic black/brown) specimens. I mean it would explain the beginner who states, "I have a P. metallica, my first T.". Whatever sells more, people breed more of.
And the rest is in the dust for the experienced breeders to pick up so those other species don't become lost despite how dull looking they can be.

This is true but sad, some species get overlooked because of color.

No Australian invertebrates of any kind unfortunately. I claimed them all. You can't have them!

How do you recommend a beginner species to an Australian beginner? Y'all cant import either right?

 

[cold blood]

The main thing I would change is handling. Not so much the personal handling individuals do privately in their house, one can do what they like with their own animal in their own time, but what I really hate are these handling demonstrations that are done under the guise of "education".

Handling tarantulas as a point of education to me is like teaching a new driver how to do donuts and long burnouts and calling it driver education. It's only going to give the new person the completely wrong idea of what to and what not to do.

I blame these demonstrations for the reason every single one of us has to answer the question "do you hold them" to every single outsider we meet. It's the clear result of them being educated in a manner that gives them the complete and total wrong impression of what the animal is and how the animals should be treated. I see these demonstrations as the biggest black eye of the hobby.

If we don't want people asking stupid questions, we should stop giving them reasons to ask these stupid questions!

END RANT

 

[RezonantVoid]

This is true but sad, some species get overlooked because of color.


How do you recommend a beginner species to an Australian beginner? Y'all cant import either right?

Correct. I just reccomend Selenotypus Wallace. They are pretty chill as far as Aussie T's go.
If you hunt around enough you can also find Phlogius sp. Blue Leg, the females are a navy blue colour.

 

[advan]

How many species? The only ones I ever see people have are Crassipes and occasionally Strennus

Phlogius sp. "Stents"- sp. "Black/Presley" - sp. "Goliath" - sp. "pq113' and sp. "Eunice" all come to mind.

 

[RezonantVoid]

Phlogius sp. "Stents"- sp. "Black/Presley" - sp. "Goliath" - sp. "pq113' and sp. "Eunice" all come to mind.

Those are a good bunch. Pq113 is actually sp. Blue Leg which is awesome. Still would be awesome to have Selenotypus

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

I would like to see a re-evaluation of USDA regulations. The discrepancies and inconsistency of the regulations on arachnids and insects need to be fixed. Regulate possible threats, and deregulate things that are kept regardless of the regulations, provided those organisms have not caused problems.

 

[SonsofArachne]

I would like to see a re-evaluation of USDA regulations. The discrepancies and inconsistency of the regulations on arachnids and insects need to be fixed. Regulate possible threats, and deregulate things that are kept regardless of the regulations, provided those organisms have not caused problems.

Couldn't agree more. One of my first "setbacks" in keeping inverts was having to knock a bunch of things off my want list because they were illegal, many of which made little sense to me. And blanket bans for the entire US made even less sense. Living in Ohio, I seriously doubt if any tropical species could establish themselves here. At least I read they have recently made Goliath beetles legal. I hope to get some larvae soon.