Old world Tarantulas that make good displays.

[Tleilaxu]

What are some awesome old world tarantula species that make impressive displays?

I have had quite the experiences with new world T's in the past, including breeding Nhandu coloratovillosus, and keeping T bondi.(Along with the more typical species.) I have also had P. regalis as well.

I know H. gigas likes to fish, so setting up a situation to allow that behavior would be cool, but other than that Im rather lost. A female H. minax seems like an impressive choice too....

 

[BrettG]

C.fimbriatus.TONS of webbing.

 

[jayefbe]

I know H. gigas likes to fish, so setting up a situation to allow that behavior would be cool, but other than that Im rather lost. A female H. minax seems like an impressive choice too....

H. gigas do seem to be more likely to enter aquatic habitats than other tarantulas, but do they actually like to fish? I'm not sure anyone can answer that question, other than say they *will* under unique (captive) conditions. Given that they are a fossorial (burrowing) species, I don't think they'd make good displays. Same for H. minax (even though it is a beautiful species) or any other fossorials. There's a reason they're referred to as pet holes.

OBTs are very cool, they web a ton, and have very bright coloration. My Poecilotheria specimens are much less reclusive than other OW arboreals. My Lampropelma and Cyriopagopus, on the other hand, are hardly ever out. My E. olivacea makes some amazingly intricate tube webs that are quite interesting.

 

[zonbonzovi]

I keep the majority all of my invertebrates in a room that sees very little light/activity each day. If I use a soft-footed approach when I enter the room, nearly anything I want to see will be out, even the notoriously phantom-esque Haplopelmas, Lampropelma and centipedes. The Phlogius tend to tunnel extensively but sit on top the soil as early evening comes on. Though if you provide them a garden's worth of soil you'll never see them. Ceratogyrus also makes great looking tunnels but is seemingly adept at knowing what angle you want to view it from. Now that I consider what I have I can't say that any one species has been readily visible except for after dark- much of the pleasure has been derived from seeing new structures bulldozed, webbed over or just watching them emerge on those occasions that I happen to be in the room. Vertical enclosures do help a lot with being able to see the burrows vs. the standard aquarium where you basically get a box 'o dirt with a webbed hole.

 

[Storm76]

C.fimbriatus.TONS of webbing.

Same goes for Heterothele villosella - plus - it's a dwarf species - kinda unique if you compare size and amount of webbing !

 

[fatich]

I will say Chilobrachys species.

 

[creepa]

Monocentropus lambertoni..., all they need is some dirt and a slab of cork bark and they will sit on top of the cork or in front of it.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

I would say the M balfouri and OBT make excellent old world display T's. My P striata is out often, too. The rest of my owt's are hit or miss.

 

[catfishrod69]

My P. regalis females seem to not mind me being in the room with the light on. Sometimes as im sitting next to their enclosure, feeding and watering others, they will come crawling out of their hides and sit in the open.