Rare Tarantulas

[starnaito]

Just out of curiosity, what species are currently considered "rare" in the hobby, and/or highly coveted by keepers?

As an example, I noticed a recent spike in G. pulchra availability. When I bought mine, they were extremely hard to find, and now it seems like they're popping up for sale everywhere. I've only been at this for less than two years, so I'm wondering if long-time keepers can speak to how common it is for availability of species to fluctuate like this.

 

[Nightstalker47]

T.seladonia
P.solaris
P.victori

All pretty rare spiders. Especially the first two.

 

[Flexzone]

G. porteri, G. rosea and L. parahybana

 

[Liquifin]

My personal opinion of expensive T.'s
T. seladonia
T. psychedelicus
X. immanis

 

[cold blood]

T. cyaneolum

 

[dord]

A. bicoloratum

There are also a ton of beautiful species that aren't established in the hobby like Selenocosminae sp. "Biru"... In our dreams

 

[Tia B]

A. bicoloratum

Behold!

 

[basin79]

I believe the rarest of all tarantulas is the Pelinobius muticus surfacius.

 

[PanzoN88]

B. schroederi
T. seladonia
P. solaris
C. Sp. electric blue

No particular order.

 

[boina]

Aphonopelma moderatum

 

[ryan w]

I believe the rarest of all tarantulas is the Pelinobius muticus surfacius.

Many keepers claim to have these, most are liars that have a pot of dirt. Myself included! Idiothele mira surfacius are also pretty rare, one day I might really obtain such species, for now I'll just have to make do with two pots of soil.

 

[FrDoc]

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Behold!

Bragger!

 

[FrDoc]

Aphonopelma moderatum

I rated your post "optimistic" because I'm hoping the brown speck with eight legs that currently resides in a vial on my desk will grow into one.

 

[basin79]

Many keepers claim to have these, most are liars that have a pot of dirt. Myself included! Idiothele mira surfacius are also pretty rare, one day I might really obtain such species, for now I'll just have to make do with two pots of soil.

I have a Idiothele mira surfacius.

 

[ryan w]

I have a Idiothele mira surfacius.

I'm jealous, most I get to see is a closing trapdoor. I think I saw a blue flash one day but could have been my eyes playing tricks after hours of staring at dirt!

 

[dangerforceidle]

With this video, it appears as though the spider has dropped its prized collection of Skittles and is frantically looking for them.

 

[Greasylake]

Jaimes tarantulas has the I. Mira in stock

 

[basin79]

I'm jealous, most I get to see is a closing trapdoor. I think I saw a blue flash one day but could have been my eyes playing tricks after hours of staring at dirt!

My lass seems to be rather particular about how she grabs her prey. Monday's feeding shows it.

 

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

T. cyaneolum

These are so high on my wish list.
I really hope we get some in the US soon.

 

[Andrea82]

B. schroederi
T. seladonia
P. solaris
C. Sp. electric blue

No particular order.

C.sp electric blue still rare over there? They're being bred like rabbits here. Sling prices dropped from 150€ to 45€ in a few months time. Apparently they aren't hard to breed at all.