Poll: What is your favorite NW terrestrial genus?

[Chris LXXIX]

pardon my ignorance but what is a Pamph?

When even writing genus Pamphobeteus is too much...

 

[D Sherlod]

Ok know I have a whole lot of research and new addititions to my wish list

 

[KezyGLA]

Euathlus/Phrixotrichus

 

[Moonohol]

How did that one get over-looked??http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/GoTerps/6b1dc171.jpg

I mean...dang...there isn't a bad looking one in the genus.

I'm also surprised Phormictopus got overlooked for similar reasons. I've yet to keep one but they seem really awesome.

 

[volcanopele]

No love for Lasiodora? How can you say no to this face?

Big, great eaters...

 

[cold blood]

No love for Lasiodora? How can you say no to this face?

Big, great eaters...
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Because they are no bigger eaters than dozens and dozens of more dramatically marked large terrestrials.

Theyre cool enough, just not as cool as every other large NW

JMO

 

[Rob1985]

Grammastola or Euathlus.

 

[boina]

I assume most people just don't have them, as the prices I've seen range from $225 to $500. That's a bit much for most people.

WHAT??? I got my sexed female for 100 Euro...
But I'm still going with Pamphs... or Megaphobema... or... how am I supposed to decide??? I want them ALL!

 

[Rittdk01]

Theraphosa---big time.

 

[Andrea82]

WHAT??? I got my sexed female for 100 Euro...
But I'm still going with Pamphs... or Megaphobema... or... how am I supposed to decide??? I want them ALL!

Better get used to it...prices in the US are ridiculous. Except for a few species, Theraphosa sp being one of them, that are cheaper, most prices are double the amount that we pay.

 

[Timc]

Aphonopelma. 'Merica.

 

[dopamine]

Phormictopus

 

[EulersK]

Anything that legitimately tries to kill me when I enter its den.

Phormictopus, Acanthoscurria, Nhandu...

 

[gypsy cola]

Thrixopelma.

These are gorgeous spiders.

 

[Paiige]

I voted Grammostola in the poll because they are my first loves, however I fall more and more in love with my A. genic and my N. tripepii slings every day. There's just something about the way my genic looks at me...like "mom, if I were bigger, I would eat you" and the way my tripepii tackles prey and drags it kicking and screaming down into her burrow...such lovely creatures...

 

[boina]

Better get used to it...prices in the US are ridiculous. Except for a few species, Theraphosa sp being one of them, that are cheaper, most prices are double the amount that we pay.

Well, there's an advantage to living this side of the pond

 

[Olan]

@cold blood is right, people can tell you all day how cool pamphos are, but you never really understand till you get one.

 

[Ungoliant]

I don't feel as though I've kept enough genera to fairly answer this poll, but personality-wise, my foolishly brave Grammostola pulchra is probably my favorite.

I reserve the right to change my mind as my Acanthoscurria geniculata and Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens grow up, and I acquire additional species.

 

[Paiige]

@cold blood is right, people can tell you all day how cool pamphos are, but you never really understand till you get one.
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I was mostly done with NW terrestrials and then these guys came up in conversation the other day...I've tried to put it out of my mind but there you go attaching a picture of a beautiful, chunky T and now I've got another tab open and I'm looking through the genus gallery. Thanks.

 

[Olan]

I voted Grammostola in the poll because they are my first loves, however I fall more and more in love with my A. genic and my N. tripepii slings every day. There's just something about the way my genic looks at me...like "mom, if I were bigger, I would eat you" and the way my tripepii tackles prey and drags it kicking and screaming down into her burrow...such lovely creatures...

If these are the types of things you look for in Ts, you will love a Pampho. And the size gain with each molt is ludicrous. They're so impressive looking in person, too. I don't know why I waited so long to get one.