My New Favorite Genus......Cyriocosmus

[Inverts4life1]

Forever now Brachypelma has been my favorite genus but a few months ago I saw a random picture of some sort of dwarf species that caught my eye....turned out to be a Cyriocosmus and since then I've gotten more and more in to them and now I think they just made the top of my list of favorite genus....now that I bought my first one the other week and seeing it in person, it solidifies their place on my list.....what a beautiful dwarf genus......anyone else like them as much as I do?

 

[chanda]

I want to like them, but I've got two of them (C. elegans) and they spend almost all their time in their burrows, so I can't really enjoy their beautiful colors and markings. Beautiful spiders - when you can see them - but mostly pet holes.

 

[Teal]

Which species did you get?!

I adore them. I don't have any currently ): But I'm hoping to change that soon! I especially love ritae.

 

[nicodimus22]

I have a C. elegans sling, and it isn't visible most of the time, but we'll see if that changes when it grows up. They're all pretty cute.

 

[Inverts4life1]

Yeah hiding all the time is quite a down side for them...for some reason I'm not that bothered by it though.

Right now I have C. sellatus.....its gorgeous....I've only seen it a couple of times so far but well worth the wait.

 

[MikeyD]

My first Tarantulas were Cyriocosmus. I have C elegans and ever since moving it up from its vile to its adult enclosure it's been a pet hole. I also have C perezmilesi and it's often visible but quickly retreats to its burrow. My C chicoi (bicolor) has been the most visible. I also have a C ritae but it's almost always in its burrow. I would keep any members of this genus and intend on adding any more that I find available. When you house them give them a small piece of cork against a wall of their enclosure and they will often hide under it and then build a tunnel that is visible against the wall of the enclosure.
Not sure if you like Kochiana brunnipes but it's another dwarf that is really nice. Mine is very receptive at feeding time and will often come out to get its food. It's been more visible than most of my Cyriocosmus but otherwise very similar.

 

[Andrea82]

Yeah hiding all the time is quite a down side for them...for some reason I'm not that bothered by it though.

Right now I have C. sellatus.....its gorgeous....I've only seen it a couple of times so far but well worth the wait.

C.sellatus is the biggest one of the genus, iirc. I'd like a C.elegans, but haven't because of the burrowing..

 

[Inverts4life1]

Went in to check up and fill water dishes and guess who decided to come out of their burrow! Definitely a little reclusive feeding machine, and definitely beautiful. Though seldom seen, I just can't help but wanting more

Cyriocosmus sellatus

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I did have 2 C. elegans slings but both escaped when I rehoused them to larger enclosures (because I was an idiot and misjudged the size of the vent holes), I recently acquired 2 C. leetzi slings though, one is a pet hole but the other is out often enough.

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[WolfSoon]

I have one C. elegans sling, and it’s always visible due to having made a deep burrow along the side of the vial. That is, it’s visible now that it’s molted a couple times and is big enough to actually see! It’s really adorable. I’m going to see how I like raising this one up before getting more, but it sure is a beautiful genus.

Caught on the surface during premolt, seemingly flustered by the mealworm roadblock.