Prettiest Poecilotheria?

[invertepet]

Pretty simple - which do you think looks the best? Notice I am not including miranda and metallica, since almost none of us (if any) have ever seen either in person, and you can only have 10 choices!

And as a side-thread topic: How do YOU pronounce Poecilotheria?

bill

 

[LaRiz]

I gotta go with P. regalis. If they weren't so common in the hobby they would be the high end species. They're large, have a contrasting black and white, and bright lemon-yellow caution banding.
I'm surprised that P. ornata isn't up there. They're a close second to me. All that purple.
Poecilotheria (pee-suh-luh-THI-ree-uh) according to an ATS Forum article (July/Aug. '97), A Key to the Pronunciation and Meaning of Scientific Names of Popular Species, written by Henry F. Beechhold, English Professor at the College of NJ.
john

 

[petitegreeneyes]

I too chose the P.Regalis with Ornata being my second choice. My Heidi is really gorgeous and my Isis is a close second, even though my rufiliata is pretty too. But overall without the metallica as a choice I picked the regalis.

 

[motorteipidpa]

man,ive really been slaughtering it then.i thought it was pronounced poke-ilo-theer-ia
Tom

 

[atavuss]

Originally posted by invertepet
Pretty simple - which do you think looks the best? Notice I am not including miranda and metallica, since almost none of us (if any) have ever seen either in person, and you can only have 10 choices!

And as a side-thread topic: How do YOU pronounce Poecilotheria?

bill

I pronounce it "poke" everyone will know what I am talking about......

Ed

 

[invertepet]

Originally posted by LaRiz

I'm surprised that P. ornata isn't up there. They're a close second to me. All that purple.

Ornata's up there...

 

[JacenBeers]

I am a huge regalis fan

 

[Venom]

I voted for subfusca , but I also really like rufilata.

 

[AlbinoDragon829]

P. Metallica is the best, hands down. You can't get any better than a blue and black pokie.

 

[Vayu Son]

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subfusca...because of this:

http://birdspiders.com/archive/1/0120.htm


-V

 

[dilleo]

miranda for me. no other pokey I like more than miranda. HEAR THAT!?

-Jeremy

 

[Cronoss]

I'll have to go with P.rufilata

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Originally posted by dilleo
miranda for me. no other pokey I like more than miranda. HEAR THAT!?

-Jeremy

Hey, that it really cool looking. Here's a link to a pic for anyone else who doesn't know what this looks like:

http://birdspiders.com/archive/3/0123.htm

 

[Joy]

Originally posted by LaRiz
I gotta go with P. regalis. If they weren't so common in the hobby they would be the high end species. They're large, have a contrasting black and white, and bright lemon-yellow caution banding.
I'm surprised that P. ornata isn't up there. They're a close second to me. All that purple.
john

Interestingly, I've found P. regalis shows some purple, too, at least in photographs. The picture below is a regalis carapace and not touched up in any way. Must be some kind of refractive light effect, as I've never noticed it with the naked eye.

Joy

 

[Tarantula Lover]

hey

great pic Joy, and i think the regalis looks the best by far!

James

P.S- if metallica was in the pet trade, then definatily that!