Poll: What is the most you've ever spent on a single tarantula? (Price only, not shipping)

[dangerforceidle]

$85 CAD for an unsexed Monocentropus balfouri sling, and $80 CAD each for two unsexed Harpactira pulchripes slings.

 

[Venomgland]

150 for 6" female G. pulchra

 

[flyingjudgman]

A freaking lot for my T. seladonia sling. Worth every penny though.

is he/she still alive as of now? heard it was a very difficult to care sling.

 

[SonsofArachne]

$280 for a 3 inch X. immanis confirmed female. I would go higher for something I really want

 

[obie]

350 for 5in female x immanis

 

[Mychajlo]

$140 for a 3-4” female B. Hamorii

 

[Jokesonmeow]

$100 on my husband’s G. pulchra sling.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I'm still in the same range but my most expensive is now £50 (about $62) for a Psalmopoeus victori sling

 

[David McCreary]

I just bought my first T: adult female Aphonopelma seemanni for $19. I am 75 years old so figure adults are the way to go. Would like to get a Eupalaestrus campestratus next and start developing a herd of zebras.

 

[Teal]

160$ on an adult female A. minatrix

 

[Minty]

£55 for a sexed female sub adult T stirmi and £50 for a sub adult Lapropelma violaceopes, which turned out to be female.

Most of my non-sling tarantula purchases have ranged from £20-£40.

 

[Mixed Dinner]

$80 on an unsexed Grammostola pulchra

 

[EtienneN]

$150 on female P. metallica

 

[WolfSoon]

$170 for a female T. cyaneolum.

 

[Vanessa]

Grammostola pulchra adult female for $250 back in 2000.

 

[dangerforceidle]

$200 for a subadult female Lampropelma nigerimmum arboricola (sp. Borneo Black).

 

[ccTroi]

$180ea for a few Pterinochilus murinus DCF Botswana/Zimbabwe

 

[wingedcoatl]

$150 for an adult female M balfouri.

 

[Ungoliant]

I bought a beautiful 4.5" female Brachypelma emilia for $150 today, so I changed my vote.

My new 0.1 Brachypelma emilia (4.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 16, 2018
• brachypelma brachypelma emilia emilia female mature female mexican redleg tarantula petra

I couldn't resist this beauty when I saw her at Repticon.

 

[arachnidgill]

G. pulchripes female, $150