Rare Ts in your collection?

[Tarantula1996]

I don’t think I have any rare ones really right now as I’m rebuilding my collection. I have a C.salei but that’s not a T and it’s not really rare per say but I don’t see a lot of people who own them or talk about them…could be wrong but anyways.
I am purchasing next week for my birthday a Davus sp. panama and a T. cyaneolum though. My focus recently is acquiring more rare T’s.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

I feel that, especially pertaining to Ornithoctoninae. Idk what it is but their patterns and colours are enthralling.

Right?! That O. albostriatus color form….beautiful!

 

[l4nsky]

Right?! That O. albostriatus color form….beautiful!

The Purple Zebras can be absolute stunners when the lighting is juuuuuuust right....

 

[NMTs]

Since the last time I posted in this thread, I've added a few species that aren't very common (but they're all little and I don't really have good pics of them, some I have no pics at all)...
Acanthogonatus pissi (mygalomorph)

Coremiocnemis hoggi
Cyriocosmus sp. oronegro

Cyrtopholis sp. "horned"

Davus sp. Oaxaca
Davus sp. Mazunte

Hapalotremus hananqheswa
Hapalotremus major
Hapalotremus perezmilesi
Neischnocolus cisnerosi
Neischnocolus iquitos

0.0.1 Neischnocolus iquitos - 1" DLS

• NMTs
• Jul 21, 2024
• 2
• neischnocolus neischnocolus iquitos peruvian sunburst dwarf

Freshly molted, starting to show adult coloration. Dwarf species from Peru that is very, very shy.

Ornithoctoninae sp. "Da Mi"

Theraphosidae sp. Kolumbia

T. sp. yasumi vs. T. sp. Colombia

• NMTs
• Jun 23, 2024
• 6
• theraphosidae theraphosidae sp. "kolumbia" theraphosidae sp. yasumi

Out of curiosity, here's a very unscientific comparison of 0.0.1 Theraphosidae sp. yasumi...

Some older ones that are on the rarer side:
0.1 Brachionopus pretoriae

0.1 Brachionopus pretoriae - 2.125" DLS

• NMTs
• Feb 3, 2024
• 3
• brachionopus brachionopus pretoriae female pretoriae south african gold speck

Young female, fast as greased lightning. Not defensive at all, though. Pretty little golden...

0.1 Ephebopus rufescens

0.1 Ephebopus rufescens - 4.5" DLS

• NMTs
• May 16, 2024
• ephebopus ephebopus rufescens female red skeleton tarantula rufescens

This sub-adult female red skeleton T molted about 2 weeks ago and is just awesome. I love the...

0.2 Euthycaelus amandae

0.0.1 Euthycaelus amandae - 1.25" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 3, 2024
• dwarf euthycaelus euthycaelus amandae fossorial

Fossorial dwarf species from Colombia, starting to show adult colors. Skittish and FAST!

0.1 Euthycaelus sp. Cesar

0.0.1 Euthycaelus sp. Cesar - 1" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 2, 2024
• dwarf euthycaelus fossorial sp. cesar

I rehoused this tiny fossorial T after 8 months, and this is literally the only time I've seen...

0.2 Grammostola sp. "concepcion"
0.1 Haploclastus sp. Khali

0.0.1 Haploclastus sp. Khali - 3" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 4, 2024
• 2
• haploclastus haploclastus sp. khali juvenile khali

Unsexed, but suspected female. Builds a turret that it hunts from, but otherwise never comes...

0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. koh Phangan

0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. koh Phangan - 3.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Feb 19, 2024
• 2
• female ornithoctoninae ornithoctoninae sp. koh phangan sp. koh phangan

Rehoused this little beauty today. She was stubborn about leaving her burrow, but otherwise...

0.1 Psednocnemis brachyramosa

0.1 Psednocnemis brachyramosa - 2.25" DLS

• NMTs
• Dec 2, 2023
• 2
• brachyramosa coremiocnemis brachyramosa malaysian blue femur psednocnemis psednocnemis brachyramosa

The epitome of a pet hole, I only see this little one out when I have to get her out for some...

0.1 Tlitocatl albopilosus

T. albo - Hagatha 5.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Apr 9, 2022
• 1
• female tliltocatl albopilosus

Rehoused my 5.5" female T. albopilosus today. She wasn't happy with me, but she looked great...

Just seeing if you're paying attention on that last one, lol!!

 

[Tbone192]

The Purple Zebras can be absolute stunners when the lighting is juuuuuuust right....
View attachment 479570

I have seen C albostriatus available but they have never properly caught my attention. I guess I'd never seen them under good lighting, they are absolutely gorgeous. Added to the list! I wasn't planning on getting any Cyriopagopus for a while. Mostly cause C lividus is so overhyped and I already have:
A) awesome Asian fossorials
B) blue spiders

Since the last time I posted in this thread, I've added a few species that aren't very common (but they're all little and I don't really have good pics of them, some I have no pics at all)...
Acanthogonatus pissi (mygalomorph)
View attachment 479577
Coremiocnemis hoggi
Cyriocosmus sp. oronegro
View attachment 479576
Cyrtopholis sp. "horned"
View attachment 479575
Davus sp. Oaxaca
Davus sp. Mazunte
View attachment 479574
Hapalotremus hananqheswa
Hapalotremus major
Hapalotremus perezmilesi
Neischnocolus cisnerosi
Neischnocolus iquitos

0.0.1 Neischnocolus iquitos - 1" DLS

• NMTs
• Jul 21, 2024
• 2
• neischnocolus neischnocolus iquitos peruvian sunburst dwarf

Freshly molted, starting to show adult coloration. Dwarf species from Peru that is very, very shy.

Ornithoctoninae sp. "Da Mi"
View attachment 479573
Theraphosidae sp. Kolumbia

T. sp. yasumi vs. T. sp. Colombia

• NMTs
• Jun 23, 2024
• 6
• theraphosidae theraphosidae sp. "kolumbia" theraphosidae sp. yasumi

Out of curiosity, here's a very unscientific comparison of 0.0.1 Theraphosidae sp. yasumi...

Some older ones that are on the rarer side:
0.1 Brachionopus pretoriae

0.1 Brachionopus pretoriae - 2.125" DLS

• NMTs
• Feb 3, 2024
• 3
• brachionopus brachionopus pretoriae female pretoriae south african gold speck

Young female, fast as greased lightning. Not defensive at all, though. Pretty little golden...

0.1 Ephebopus rufescens

0.1 Ephebopus rufescens - 4.5" DLS

• NMTs
• May 16, 2024
• ephebopus ephebopus rufescens female red skeleton tarantula rufescens

This sub-adult female red skeleton T molted about 2 weeks ago and is just awesome. I love the...

0.2 Euthycaelus amandae

0.0.1 Euthycaelus amandae - 1.25" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 3, 2024
• dwarf euthycaelus euthycaelus amandae fossorial

Fossorial dwarf species from Colombia, starting to show adult colors. Skittish and FAST!

0.1 Euthycaelus sp. Cesar

0.0.1 Euthycaelus sp. Cesar - 1" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 2, 2024
• dwarf euthycaelus fossorial sp. cesar

I rehoused this tiny fossorial T after 8 months, and this is literally the only time I've seen...

0.2 Grammostola sp. "concepcion"
0.1 Haploclastus sp. Khali

0.0.1 Haploclastus sp. Khali - 3" DLS

• NMTs
• Mar 4, 2024
• 2
• haploclastus haploclastus sp. khali juvenile khali

Unsexed, but suspected female. Builds a turret that it hunts from, but otherwise never comes...

0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. koh Phangan

0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. koh Phangan - 3.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Feb 19, 2024
• 2
• female ornithoctoninae ornithoctoninae sp. koh phangan sp. koh phangan

Rehoused this little beauty today. She was stubborn about leaving her burrow, but otherwise...

0.1 Psednocnemis brachyramosa

0.1 Psednocnemis brachyramosa - 2.25" DLS

• NMTs
• Dec 2, 2023
• 2
• brachyramosa coremiocnemis brachyramosa malaysian blue femur psednocnemis psednocnemis brachyramosa

The epitome of a pet hole, I only see this little one out when I have to get her out for some...

0.1 Tlitocatl albopilosus

T. albo - Hagatha 5.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Apr 9, 2022
• 1
• female tliltocatl albopilosus

Rehoused my 5.5" female T. albopilosus today. She wasn't happy with me, but she looked great...

Just seeing if you're paying attention on that last one, lol!!

Holy Moly, the tarantula keepers equivalent of being "dripped out", truly!

A pissi is such a great name

 

[TalyonUngol]

Notbsure what's considered rare but I have a Grammastola anthracina. His/her personality as a sling is positive. I open the enclosure. They dart out. Glare at me. Then run back to hide. I'll take it over a threat pose or hairing. I'm dreading my rehouse of my L.P.

It'll be my first rehouse of a hairing species that I think is large enough to start doing such. I have the protective gear but I'm not sure what to expect. I've rehoused about 6 old worlds and gotten threat poses from two ad well as bites on the straw butttt hairing. Blah. I rather deal with spicy bites.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

My rarest would have to be my duo of genuine, bona fide Cyriopagopus hainanus from actual Hainan stock….

Just about every C. hainanus in the trade is actually C. cf. hainanus. These two slings aren’t.

Other than Ts, I also have a true Scolopendra gigantea…

 

[Smotzer]

My rarest would have to be my duo of genuine, bona fide Cyriopagopus hainanus from actual Hainan stock….

This is interesting for sure! Curious how you were able to verify this, as getting locale information on just about any animal is extremely difficult, unless collected personally.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

This is interesting for sure! Curious how you were able to verify this, as getting locale information on just about any animal is extremely difficult, unless collected personally.

got them from a breeder who I know doesn’t crossbreed locales if feasible: images of the mother also match the real hainanus extremely closely, more so than most cf. hainanus available in the trade (he also has females up for sale; wild capture of hainanus is currently illegal due to rampant overcollection, but the fact he also has access to slings of Hainan stock Chilobrachys guangxiensis would suggest he got his hainanus from some Chinese breeder who did the illegal collecting beforehand).

 

[inquisitivechemist]

My wife got 5 E. Pachypus. We are hoping to work with breeding those in the future. It's an old world I'd love to be considered common again. The ladies with the fuzzy legs make good ambassadors for people that are on the fence about tarantulas.