only 8

[Spinnenfritzi]

if you could only keep eight tarantulas.
Which species would you choose?

 

[cold blood]

I'd go with 4 arboreal and 4 terrestrial.

1. C. versicolor

2. P. cambridgei

3. P. regalis

4. O. schioedtei

5. A. ezendami

6. A. geniculata

7. N. tripeppi

8. N. incei

Really hard not to add another Avic, there are so many great ones.....also hard not to add a Brachypelma, like emelia, albiceps or klassi....also hard not to add a Pamphobetus.

 

[ladyratri]

Funny, I currently keep 8 tarantulas and have no space to expand. That said, I do have a duplicate so I'll keep one who has since expired of old age on my list

In rough order of acquisition:

1. A. purpurea
2. C. versicolor
3. G. pulchra
4. P. irminia
5. G. iheringi
6. P. ecclesiasticus
7. Y. diversipes
8. T. sp violaceus

I regret nothing.

 

[Mustafa67]

if you could only keep eight tarantulas.
Which species would you choose?

T albo
Nhandu tripeii
M balfouri
Chilobrachys huahini
P irmina
Brachypelma emilia
A rufus
LP

 

[Stu Macher]

P rufilata
P irminia
A geniculata
P sp Dominican Purple
N tripepii
P murinus
H vangoghi
P Mascara

 

[jrh3]

1.) P Pulcher
2.) p sp black
3.) p metallica
4.) p tigrinawesseli
5.) p regalis
6.) t violaceus
7.) i mira
8.) t albopilosus
Hard to decide and balfouri should be there but went with curly hair because I love the way slings bulldoze.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Overloaded and head exploded. Can't fathom only eight.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I have 8 lasiodora. Sp

 

[FatBadBay]

P murinus
H pulchripes
H chilensis
H vangoghi
G pulchra
C cyanoepubescenes
C darlingi
A geniculata

 

[Wolfram1]

right now? probably:

Lasiodora parahybana
Lasiodora klugi
Lasiodora benedeni (ex. difficilis)
Grammostola rosea (ex. porteri)
Thrixopelma cyaneolum
Poecilotheria subfusca 'lowland'
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli
Poecilotheria ornata

@Spinnenfritzi & yourself?

 

[cold blood]

right now? probably:

Lasiodora parahybana
Lasiodora klugi
Lasiodora benedeni (ex. difficilis)
Grammostola rosea (ex. porteri)
Thrixopelma cyaneolum
Poecilotheria subfusca 'lowland'
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli
Poecilotheria ornata

@Spinnenfritzi & yourself?

Oh gosh, I totally forgot about cyaneolum......add that one to my list....spectacular species

That said, Lasiodora wouldn't make my top 250.....the most boring genus of large terrestrial NWs....jmo

 

[Wolfram1]

Oh gosh, I totally forgot about cyaneolum......add that one to my list....spectacular species

That said, Lasiodora wouldn't make my top 250.....the most boring genus of large terrestrial NWs....jmo

all in the eye of the beholder, i have 4 adult females that are not only huge, but also never kick hairs and are incredibly bold investigating any maintenance i do closely in case there is food. Similar to how my G. rosea acts. It just so much fun to care for them.

it is much preferred to sending a cloud of hairs my way while bolting into their hide, that's for sure. I am looking at you Brachipelma sp. & Bumba horrida

 

[Andrew Clayton]

1. Psalmopoeus Cambridgei
2. Poecilotheria Regalis
3. Caribena Versicolour
4. Grammostola Pulchripes (soft spot this was my 1st ever T love them)
5. Pterinochilus Murinus
6. Phormingochilus Everetti
7. Lasiodora Parahybana
8. Avicularia Juruensis M2

 

[zsiciarz]

1. a Psalmopoeus
2. a Cyriocosmus
3. the Acanthoscurria (all hail!)
4. Idiothele mira
5. a Harpactira
6. a Poecilotheria
7. Caribena versicolor
8. a Grammostola

 

[Spinnenfritzi]

@Spinnenfritzi & yourself?

P. murinus
H. maculata
C. darlingi
H. cafreriana
H. chilense
C. versicolor
N. coloratovillosus
G. porteri

Some sweetys some oldworlds a little arboreal in the mix

i am pleasently surprised by the many Nhandu mentions

 

[Ratmosphere]

Huge NW fan.

1) Caribena versicolor
2) Homoeomma chilense
3) Avicularia purpurea
4) Avicularia minatrix
5) Dolichothele diamantinensis
6) Chromatopelma cyanopubescens
7) Acanthoscurria geniculata
8) Cyriocosmus elegans

 

[spideyspinneret78]

It's so hard to pick just 8 species!
1) G. rosea
2) P. murinus
3) B. smithi
4) T. blondi
5) P. ornata
6) P. insignis
7) P. cambridgei
8) A. variegata