P.Irminia or C.Darlingi?! Which one is should I add?

[EmilzHernandez]

Hi!

So I am planning on purchasing a female P.Muticus, so I can for sure have my own queen
I have the money to definitely purchase another T, and my personal preference is OW's. I have 3 pokies, a suspect male P.Muticus, an H.Maculata, an H.Pulchripes and a Lampropelma sp.Borneo Black, so I am not new to the speedy stridulators that are OW T's. I am trying to chose between a C.Darlingi or a P.Irmina, both juries and confirmed females. Which of the two have people found more interesting to keep? I know it's a matter of opinion, but I'm stuck haha.

 

[Venom1080]

Psalmopoeus irminia is a new world. They are fast growers, very pretty, and great eaters. They are very reclusive though, and are defensive and very fast.
But their venom isn't that bad. They get about 5.5".

Ceratogyrus are very defensive, but prefer to stand their ground. Their venom is on the higher end of the scale for sure. They get about 4.5" and are reasonably fast growers, but not like P irminia. Males mature very small, like 2.5". They tunnel alot but are slightly more outgoing than P irminia.

Both are entertaining and pretty in their own way, it's really just up to you.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

@Venom1080 well I think I've shown how underexposed I've been with New Worlds, lol. I am considering the Irminia, I love the colors. How little should I expect to see one once it's made its burrow or made a home in a hide?

 

[Venom1080]

@Venom1080 well I think I've shown how underexposed I've been with New Worlds, lol. I am considering the Irminia, I love the colors. How little should I expect to see one once it's made its burrow or made a home in a hide?

Well, as a sling and juvi I saw both of mine a ton. But my adult female I see out once a month or so. But maybe she's just on premolt. They seem to get more reclusive as they grow.

 

[CyclingSam]

I know you said that you have the P. irminia available to purchase, but I think you would be happier with a P. cambridgei, that is is you like to see your Ts. My cambridgei is always out and doing something weird.

 

[cold blood]

Theyre both dirt cheap and are great species to own. And dont just get one of each, get 3 of each....yeah, i know im busting the budget, but in the long run this would by far be more cost effective than just getting one at a time.

Cambridgei would be my choice...IMO theyre just about the perfect T. P. pulcher are a little more reclusive and defensive than a cam...irminia is one of the more defensive species in the hobby and one of the more reclusive...despite this, they are something everyone should get eventually, because theyre drop dead stunning....i just like cams more.

Psalmopoeus cambridgei

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• Mar 11, 2017
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• cambridgei psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei trinidad chevron tarantula

cam...the camster..the caminator, the cam-meister...Dr. Camenstein...Cam-a-lama-ding-dong...mass...

C. darlingi is, along with marshalli, one of the more regularly visible baboon species...great eaters, decent growth and good webbers. Yes, darlingi is defensive, but really not very difficult to deal with if you have experience.

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• cold blood
• May 3, 2017
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darlingi

 

[cold blood]

darlingi

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• May 28, 2017
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C. darlingi...freshly re housed.

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so happy

• cold blood
• May 28, 2017
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• ceratogyrus ceratogyrus bechuanicus ceratogyrus darlingi curvedhorn tarantula darlingi threat

I dare you to re house me! I'm staying.

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young female darlingi

 

[EmilzHernandez]

@cold blood those pictures have made me chose the C.Darlingi! I really love that horn lol. The one I plan on ordering is 2 1/2" long and a confirmed female. Should I be concerned about venom? I have a P.Muticus (getting the other one just because it's my fave species) and an H.Maculata, so I would assume its not worse

 

[cold blood]

The one I plan on ordering is 2 1/2" long and a confirmed female. Should I be concerned about venom?

no....what you already own is probably much worse...just dont get tagged and it wont matter

 

[viper69]

so I am not new to the speedy stridulators that are OW T's

Define "not new". I say this because your profile indicates you are 17 years old, true? If any of your Ts are adults, you'd have to own them for about 8-10 years. That would make you 7-11 yrs old at the time. I doubt you were conducting husbandry at that age, particularly with OW species.

If all the above is true even by a bit, I'd call you new, a subjective term mind you.

I'd get an irminia given your level of experience.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

@viper69 just to be clear, I have a 2 year old female P.Fasciata that I had been caring for at the pet store I work at before I decided to buy her, and at the pet store we sell OW's galore. I'm not trying to come off as some tarantula whisperer, I just can guarantee I have more experience. I've worked with and grown up with tarantula me since I was fairly young, only this year did I decide to start actually focusing on the hobby. Nonetheless, I'm stuck because I tend to love colors over dullness, but I would prefer fewer pet holes in my collection (not that I'm expecting fewer).

 

[Mojo288]

@viper69 just to be clear, I have a 2 year old female P.Fasciata that I had been caring for at the pet store I work at before I decided to buy her, and at the pet store we sell OW's galore. I'm not trying to come off as some tarantula whisperer, I just can guarantee I have more experience. I've worked with and grown up with tarantula me since I was fairly young, only this year did I decide to start actually focusing on the hobby. Nonetheless, I'm stuck because I tend to love colors over dullness, but I would prefer fewer pet holes in my collection (not that I'm expecting fewer).

Don't just cross out the pet holes from the list, they can be some of the most interesting spiders, and like many have said before, their reclusiveness makes them and the times you DO see them that much more special. My I. mira is one of my favorites and the only tiime iv seen her was during a rehouse lol, but i mean common, it makes trap doors!!!
And catching my C. lividum out in the open is always a treat with those beautiful colors, i just wish we weren't playing musical chairs with the lights instead.

 

[viper69]

@viper69 just to be clear, I have a 2 year old female P.Fasciata that I had been caring for at the pet store I work at before I decided to buy her, and at the pet store we sell OW's galore. I'm not trying to come off as some tarantula whisperer, I just can guarantee I have more experience. I've worked with and grown up with tarantula me since I was fairly young, only this year did I decide to start actually focusing on the hobby. Nonetheless, I'm stuck because I tend to love colors over dullness, but I would prefer fewer pet holes in my collection (not that I'm expecting fewer).

As I said, you are new.

You have "more experience" than what? That statement didn't make sense.

What do you mean by you are "stuck because I tend to love colors over dullness" ??


Surely in your "vast" experience you aren't suggesting that NW Ts are dull, and OW Ts are brighter? If you are, you clearly haven't looked at BOTH NW and OW to have noticed that each has drab species and extremely bright species.

As an example, there's a number of NW species that are jet black, and some are jet black with red in the NW, thus matching or exceeding the color scheme of a L. sp. Borneo Black.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

@viper69 nope, I'm not saying that at all. Of course, my words are always gonna come back and bite me if I'm not more careful with what I say. First off, i was stating i have more experience with OW's than you were insinuating. While yes I have not kept an old world for my entire life, I've grown up learning to care for OW's. That being said, I still have so much to learn, and I'm definitely going to do everything I can to be the best keeper I can. I'm not going to post my entire life story unless instructed to do so, but having grown up with parents who kept tarantulas plus living right next to a T breeder definitely helped me learn. As for the color statement, I was referring to tthis case I was referring to the warm colors on the P.Irminia in contrast with the drab colors on the C.Darlingi. Of course, I can always expect getting grief because of my age, but I'm always open to constructive criticism. In the end, I've chosen the P.Irminia because the colors are gorgeous, and it's about time I added a Psalmopoeus sp. to my collection.

 

[EmilzHernandez]

But yes, by definition, I am new

 

[viper69]

@viper69 nope, I'm not saying that at all. Of course, my words are always gonna come back and bite me if I'm not more careful with what I say. First off, i was stating i have more experience with OW's than you were insinuating. While yes I have not kept an old world for my entire life, I've grown up learning to care for OW's. That being said, I still have so much to learn, and I'm definitely going to do everything I can to be the best keeper I can. I'm not going to post my entire life story unless instructed to do so, but having grown up with parents who kept tarantulas plus living right next to a T breeder definitely helped me learn. As for the color statement, I was referring to tthis case I was referring to the warm colors on the P.Irminia in contrast with the drab colors on the C.Darlingi. Of course, I can always expect getting grief because of my age, but I'm always open to constructive criticism. In the end, I've chosen the P.Irminia because the colors are gorgeous, and it's about time I added a Psalmopoeus sp. to my collection.

Thanks for the clarification of your previous statement, esp on color. It just didn't make sense. I brought it up because generally people think OWs are more colorful than NW, and they aren't.

Irminia are a "great" species. I do like them, WHEN I see them hah. If they were out more, I would have liked mine more. But for color, they are one of the most striking Ts in the world to me at least. The contrast in color is truly impressive. It's probably one of the few Ts species whose common name fits its looks!