Most difficult tarantulas?

[antinous]

Lampropelma. Rehousing subadult when they're burrowed 6" down is almost down to luck sometimes lol. I will say I've had more die of this genus than any other. And not just slings. But fat healthy subadults. I believe the same is true for other Asian arboreals. I think we're missing something in their husbandry or they just like to die. @grayzone Have you had any similar experiences with the genus? I know you're quite big on all things Asian and arboreal.

Heteroscodra. Stromatopelma. Cyriopagopus. Phormingochilus. Pretty much all Ornithoctoninae honestly. Bad venom, and worse attitudes all of them. Some very large and arboreal.

Some genera would likely never even survive in captivity. Particularly the high altitude genus Hapalotremus. Which is a shame as some species are gorgeous. Check out the recent paper for pics of them. Done in part by @birdspidersCH

Phrixotrichus vulpinus seems to die very easily. Virtually none in the hobby and no ones managed to produce them despite multiple imports.

I’ve seen a couple pics of people keeping Hapalotremus on some Facebook groups, but I believe they’re kept by SA hobbyists

 

[TheBloodthirstyGarden]

That are the hardest Tarantulas to take care of and why?
I am curious what is considered to be "experts only" in the tarantula world.

Long background short, my interest for arachnids began at 14 years of age. Been studying them off and on since then and only started the collecting hobby 3 years ago.
That being said, I’ve definitely had my share of easy to hard Ts. But the most difficult one I have currently is my Psalmopoeus Irminia. Through the year I have had it, it has had all the right temps, substrate, water, and crickets that it should normally have. It’s terrarium is even in a quiet room with the rest of my Ts.
But, man, my Sun Tiger T is so stand off-ish over the littlest edit. Cleaning the dirt out of its water dish... threat pose. Rehouse for cleaning... threat pose. Anything that involves opening its cage... threat pose.
For the most part I just leave that one alone unless it needs food or water. Real pretty when it comes out at night though. So there’s that.

 

[jrh3]

Long background short, my interest for arachnids began at 14 years of age. Been studying them off and on since then and only started the collecting hobby 3 years ago.
That being said, I’ve definitely had my share of easy to hard Ts. But the most difficult one I have currently is my Psalmopoeus Irminia. Through the year I have had it, it has had all the right temps, substrate, water, and crickets that it should normally have. It’s terrarium is even in a quiet room with the rest of my Ts.
But, man, my Sun Tiger T is so stand off-ish over the littlest . Cleaning the dirt out of its water dish... threat pose. Rehouse for cleaning... threat pose. Anything that involves opening its cage... threat pose.
For the most part I just leave that one alone unless it needs food or water. Real pretty when it comes out at night though. So there’s that.

I have a Psalmopoeus Victori that is the same way. Threat poses just for fun. My others need persuasion and then still try to flee.

 

[TheInv4sion]

Long background short, my interest for arachnids began at 14 years of age. Been studying them off and on since then and only started the collecting hobby 3 years ago.
That being said, I’ve definitely had my share of easy to hard Ts. But the most difficult one I have currently is my Psalmopoeus Irminia. Through the year I have had it, it has had all the right temps, substrate, water, and crickets that it should normally have. It’s terrarium is even in a quiet room with the rest of my Ts.
But, man, my Sun Tiger T is so stand off-ish over the littlest edit. Cleaning the dirt out of its water dish... threat pose. Rehouse for cleaning... threat pose. Anything that involves opening its cage... threat pose.
For the most part I just leave that one alone unless it needs food or water. Real pretty when it comes out at night though. So there’s that.

Mine is the opposite she just runs away when I do any cage maintenance. Guess I got lucky

 

[Ian14]

Heteroscodra Maculata are not rare but I’ve seen reports of people having a hard time raising them as slings cold blooded has expressed this a few times there definitely an advanced species

I am fairly new to this hobby, afterkeeping and breeding snakes for over 30 years. I have this species, bought as a sling, and have had zero issues.

My opinion , it would be some of the tapinauchenius , just because of their teleportation skills lol . Fast little buggers !

I have two species of Tapinauchineus, yes they are fast, but rehousing in the bath I found them easy to control in catch cups.

Cyriocosmus elegans slings. They are very challenging to deal with because they are so small.

I have one of these, bought as a sling. Not challenging at all, raised on micro crickets and growing well.