Spider names 🕸️🦗🕷️

[Coradams]

I had a theme when I had like, 40 spiders, but now that I have 80 spiders, things are all over the place:

You have one of those random word magnet sets on your fridge, don't you?

 

[CommanderBacon]

You have one of those random word magnet sets on your fridge, don't you?

I started out with Captain Hotdog, but now it takes me a while to think up names with titles that aren't already taken. I like giving them gender neutral names, so when I find out their sex it doesn't feel weird, although I have a suspect-male OBT named Sally.

Somewhere in the middle, I got overly precious with some confirmed females and started naming them and my unicorns after deities and historical figures instead of things like "Cardinal Cornflakes".

*makes note to use "Cardinal Cornflakes"*

 

[spideyspinneret78]

I like jumanji that really suits a spider and i like dampe too im pretty sure dampe was the name of the guy in a graveyard on zelda OOT

Yep! Dampé was the gravedigger. I thought it was a cool name, especially for a fossorial species that loves to burrow!

 

[Coradams]

@CommanderBacon

I just tried your word magnet method and came up with "Edible Smile" I find that weirdly appropriate for a t.
My husband also just suggested 'Arachnaccioli" as a name.

 

[aprilmayjunebugs]

@CommanderBacon Do you choose your tarantulas based on how hard it is to pronounce their scientific names?

Here's my three:
LP - Hairy Osbourne, aka Hair Bear
GBB - Bumble Bee, aka Beezer
C. versicolor - Starfire, aka The Versi

Three jumpers:
Speck
Bighetti
Moose

 

[Rozwyrazowana]

My spiders have random gender assigned at unpacking as Polish - my first language has gendered nouns. Fang is Kieł in Polish and it's male.

My first T, T. albo was supposed to be an adult female who was named Merida the Spidy, because of curly hair. When "she" molted into MM, "she" was renamed Gryffindor.
My juvie female B. hamorii is named Jadowitusia, which is a play on words. It sounds like a name diminutive, Witusia is very uncommon, but a valid name in Polish, "jad" means venom.
Slings got assigned random genders as there are not many gender-neutral names in Polish. The names are Oliwka (Olive - f), Tygrysek (diminutive from Tiger - m, my children wanted to name "him" Slytherin), Voldemorta (we couldn't find a suitable name, but we decided it's a she, so she became "she who must not be named"), Struś (Ostrich - m), Pan Serduszkowy (Mr. Hearty - m, it's a C. elegans, my 6-year-old got inspired by the heart on the abdomen and was insistent it's a boy), Trzewiopij (Bowels/intestines sucker - m, "he" threw a threat pose and tried to escape when unpacking).

 

[XxSpiderQueenxX]

Yes you can, at least here in the US, But knowing what I know now, I don't recommend it. This was MANY years ago and the care instructions were sadly lacking. They are high maintenance and require a set up that provides land, salt water and fresh water. I am sure it can be done but do your research! I do have a palludarium with some fiddler crabs. It is a new set up but they seem do be doing well.

Don’t get hermit crabs please. They are harvested from their huge social groups in the wild. It’s horrible and cruel.

 

[Matt Man]

My daughter names most of our Ts, they all have pretty heroic names like Lucretia Violetta, Mavis Valente and Calpunia Victoire. Yes the V second name is a theme as well (and yes Voadicia is one of them). She usually picks names that can have a quick alter in case the sex is wrong.

 

[CommanderBacon]

@CommanderBacon Do you choose your tarantulas based on how hard it is to pronounce their scientific names?

lol no but when I get one with a crazy long name, I practice saying it so if it comes up in conversation at a show, I don't sound like an idiot. Unfortunately, the flipside of that is that it just makes me sound like a huge nerd.

"Do you have any other Neischnocolus species?"
"I picked up a Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and am now looking for a male."
"I saw my Sahydroaraneus raja the other day!"*

*this is a lie

 

[viper69]

I’m amazed this thread is longer than 2 posts

 

[mcmitch92]

I had a theme when I had like, 40 spiders, but now that I have 80 spiders, things are all over the place:

Tarantulas
0.0.5 Acanthoscurria geniculata (Brazilian Whiteknee) Sugarsnap, Pinto, Lentil, Lima, and Garbanzo
0.0.1 Aphonopelma burica (Costa Rican Bluefront) Doctor Dandelion
0.0.1 Aphonopelma catalina (Santa Catalina Mountain) Beer Pong
0.0.1 Aphonopelma chalcodes (Arizona blonde) Princess Tater Tot
0.1.0 Aphonopelma gabeli (Chiricahuan Grey, Carlsbad Green) Grenda
0.0.1 Aphonopelma madera (Madrean) Taco Tuesday
0.0.1 Aphonopelma mooreae (Mexican Jade Fuego) Special Agent Avocado Cheese Toast
0.1.0 Aphonopelma paloma (Paloma Dwarf) The Grey Lady
0.0.1 Aphonopelma parvum (Cochise Dwarf) Ixchel
0.1.0 Aphonopelma peloncillo (Peloncillo Mountain) Belle Starr
0.0.1 Aphonopelma saguaro aka Cactus Pete
0.1.0 Aphonopelma seemanni (Costa Rican Zebra) Matahari
0.0.1 Aphonopelma superstitionense (Superstition Dwarf) Spooky Jim
0.1.0 Avicularia minatrix (Venezuelan Redstripe) Admiral Bacon Bits
0.0.1 Bistriopelma lamasi aka Red Rocket
0.0.1 Brachypelma auratum (Mexican Flame Knee) Tatewari
0.1.0 Brachypelma boehmei (Mexican Fire Leg) Chantico
0.1.0 Brachypelma hamorii (Mexican Red Knee) Chief Justice Tapatío
0.0.1 Brachypelma klaasi (Mexican Pink Beauty)
0.1.0 Brachypelma smithi (Smith’s Red Knee) Ms Delores
0.0.1 Bumba horrida (Brazilian Redhead) Cardinal Carambola
0.0.1 Cardiopelma mascatum (Black Diamond Head) Master Protein Shake
1.1.0 Ceratogyrus darlingi (Rear Horned Baboon) Albus Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall
0.0.1 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue) Bortles
0.0.1 Citharacanthus cyaneus (Cuban Blue) Presidente Plantains
0.0.3 Cyriocosmus elegans (Trinidad Dwarf Tiger) Empress Bon Bon, Cookie, Sandwich
0.0.1 Cyriocosmus giganteus (Giant Dwarf Tiger) Xerxes
0.0.1 Cyriocosmus leetzi (Colombian Dwarf Tiger) Commander Kvass
0.0.1 Cyriocosmus perezmilesi (Bolivian Dwarf Beauty) Chairman Hambone
0.1.0 Davus pentaloris (Guatemalan Tiger Rump) Boudica
1.0.0 Dolichothele diamantinensis (Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty) Professor Pancake
0.1.0 Euathlus condorito aka Cool Ranch
0.0.2 Euathlus parvulus (Chilean Gold Burst) Friar Frank n’ Bishop Beans
0.1.0 Grammostola porteri (Chilean Rose) Captain Hotdog
1.0.0 Grammostola pulchra (Brazilian Black) Pope Frijoles the First
0.1.0 Grammostola pulchripes (Chaco golden knee) Gertie
0.0.1 Grammostola rosea (Chilean Rose RCF) Brigadier Bratwurst
0.0.1 Hapalopus sp. Guerilla aka Comrade Morcilla
0.0.1 Hapalotremus albipes (Bolivian White Powder) Enenra
0.0.1 Heterothele villosella (Tanzanian Chestnut Baboon) Hervé Villosella
1.0.1 Homoeomma chilensis (Dwarf Chilean Flame) La Conte de Canela y Baby Spice
0.0.3 Idiothele mira (Blue Foot Baboon) Adidas, Vans, and Nike
0.0.3 Kochiana brunnipes (Brazilian Dwarf Beauty) Nude Tayne, Betty Boop, and Dad Bod
0.0.2 Neischnocolus (Ami) sp. Panama (Gold Banded Sunburst Dwarf) Mystery Meat and Mustamakkara
0.1.0 Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra (Bumble Bee Tarantula) Sweet Caroline
0.0.1 Neoholothele incei gold (Trinidad Olive) Mr/Ms Lemon Merengue
0.0.1 Neoholothele incei olive (Trinidad Olive) Lady/Lord Key Lime
0.0.1 Nhandu chromatus (Brazilian red and white) Croissant L'Ouverture
1.0.0 Pamphobeteus sp. machala (Purple bloom) Paladin Pop-Tart
0.0.1 Plesiopelma sp Bolivia aka General Okoye
1.0.0 Psalmopoeus irminia (Venezuelan suntiger) DJ Double Dare
0.0.1 Pterinochilus murinus (Orange Baboon Tarantula) Sally
0.0.1 Pterinopelma sazimai (Brazilian Blue) Base Commander Blueberry
0.0.1 Sahydroaraneus raja (Indian Blue Dwarf) Alcala
0.0.1 Scopelobates sericeus aka Sub-Zero
0.0.2 Theraphosinae sp. Panama (Panama Pink, Lava Spider) Pele and Sunspot
0.0.1 Thrixopelma pruriens (Peruvian Green Velvet) Oscar the Grouch
0.1.0 Thrixopelma ockerti (Peruvian Flame Rump) Berry Tart
0.1.4 Tliltocatl albopilosus (Curly Hair) Governor Shirley T Bisquick (hobby form), Beanie Eyelash (Honduran), Curly Fry (Nicaraguan), Taquito, Bathtub Mezcal
0.0.1 Tliltocatl vagans (Mexican Red Rump) Subcomandante Nachos
0.1.0 Tliltocatl verdezi (Mexican Rose Grey Tarantula) La Llorona

True Spiders
0.1.0 Kukulcania arizonica (Arizona Black Hole Spider) Patty
0.1.0 Kukulcania hibernalis (Southern House Spider) Selma
0.0.2 Heteropoda davidbowie Lady Stardust and Major Tom
0.0.1 Hogna carolinensis Hairy Whodini
0.0.1 Eresus walckenaeri aka Spaghettio
0.0.1 Liphistius yangae aka Hot Pocket

Not Spiders
Smeringurus mesaensis (dune scorpion) Stilgar

Thats a hell of a list right there

 

[mcmitch92]

Talk to your gf

Na she comes up with weird names

 

[mcmitch92]

@CommanderBacon

I just tried your word magnet method and came up with "Edible Smile" I find that weirdly appropriate for a t.
My husband also just suggested 'Arachnaccioli" as a name.

Edible smile

 

[mcmitch92]

My spiders have random gender assigned at unpacking as Polish - my first language has gendered nouns. Fang is Kieł in Polish and it's male.

My first T, T. albo was supposed to be an adult female who was named Merida the Spidy, because of curly hair. When "she" molted into MM, "she" was renamed Gryffindor.
My juvie female B. hamorii is named Jadowitusia, which is a play on words. It sounds like a name diminutive, Witusia is very uncommon, but a valid name in Polish, "jad" means venom.
Slings got assigned random genders as there are not many gender-neutral names in Polish. The names are Oliwka (Olive - f), Tygrysek (diminutive from Tiger - m, my children wanted to name "him" Slytherin), Voldemorta (we couldn't find a suitable name, but we decided it's a she, so she became "she who must not be named"), Struś (Ostrich - m), Pan Serduszkowy (Mr. Hearty - m, it's a C. elegans, my 6-year-old got inspired by the heart on the abdomen and was insistent it's a boy), Trzewiopij (Bowels/intestines sucker - m, "he" threw a threat pose and tried to escape when unpacking).

Voldermort is a good idea and thank you for teaching me some polish

 

[mcmitch92]

lol no but when I get one with a crazy long name, I practice saying it so if it comes up in conversation at a show, I don't sound like an idiot. Unfortunately, the flipside of that is that it just makes me sound like a huge nerd.

"Do you have any other Neischnocolus species?"
"I picked up a Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and am now looking for a male."
"I saw my Sahydroaraneus raja the other day!"*

*this is a lie

Tounge tied or what

 

[Rozwyrazowana]

Voldermort is a good idea and thank you for teaching me some polish

It's Voldemorta with an "a" at the end. It makes it sound feminine in Polish.

Now I want to get female A. geniculata, I saw people often name them Genie/Ginny as it somewhat resembles their scientific name. I like the idea, I tried to come up with something similar and now I'm thinking Dżdżownica is a good name. Dżdżownica means earthworm, dż is pronounced similarly to "g" in Ginny.

 

[aprilmayjunebugs]

lol no but when I get one with a crazy long name, I practice saying it so if it comes up in conversation at a show, I don't sound like an idiot. Unfortunately, the flipside of that is that it just makes me sound like a huge nerd.

"Do you have any other Neischnocolus species?"
"I picked up a Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra and am now looking for a male."
"I saw my Sahydroaraneus raja the other day!"*

*this is a lie

I'm still in the "new worlds with names I can pronounce" phase, but I still always get nervous and botch them when talking to people who know their stuff. Luckily most other people are clueless.

 

[CommanderBacon]

I'm still in the "new worlds with names I can pronounce" phase, but I still always get nervous and botch them when talking to people who know their stuff. Luckily most other people are clueless.

Oh you're fine. No one will fault you for pronouncing things "wrong" and if they do, they're a jerk. If you feel unsure, just write it down and say "I can't pronounce this but I want it".

 

[Matt Man]

It's Voldemorta with an "a" at the end. It makes it sound feminine in Polish.

Now I want to get female A. geniculata, I saw people often name them Genie/Ginny as it somewhat resembles their scientific name. I like the idea, I tried to come up with something similar and now I'm thinking Dżdżownica is a good name. Dżdżownica means earthworm, dż is pronounced similarly to "g" in Ginny.

Jadwiga
Nawojka
Emilia
Magdalena
Narcyza
Pola
Grazyna
Hanka

 

[aprilmayjunebugs]

Oh you're fine. No one will fault you for pronouncing things "wrong" and if they do, they're a jerk. If you feel unsure, just write it down and say "I can't pronounce this but I want it".

Good idea. I can spell a lot more of them than I can pronounce, and even a lot of the ones I think I can pronounce I end up finding out I've been saying it wrong the whole time. Videos are helpful for that.