Thoughts on P. irminias

[kcoop6888]

I would like to know every ones thoughts and experiences with this sun tiger

 

[Mojo Jojo]

They are pretty. I think I had a sling years ago that I either traded for something else or got killed by ants. I don't remember.

 

[malevolentrobot]

very pretty sling to adult. good eater. fast. flighty. more nervous than defensive, but can be willing to throw up threats. unpredictable (give the same scenario and the first time it flashed some threat at you, but this time it charged right out of the enclosure).

 

[TreeGuy]

Poor man's Poecilotheria. Or a mean Avic.
Same care as an Avicularia which is nice and easy,
but with a little attitude which keeps it fun.

Not to mention super cute with the red leg blotchs.

 

[LirvA]

Here's my thoughts.

The name is easy to get confused with P. murinus imo

 

[baconmushroom]

they look like ninjas especially the black one with their orange lightning on their feet. very fast too..

 

[crawltech]

They deserve much respect!...and are one of the prettiest T`s out there!...I have 3 females, 1 MM, and 150 or 2nd instars...and even they are lightning fast!

They love fresh water in their dish, and privacy, and are very adapt to hunting prey...they love to stalk crickets!

 

[BayBredBeardies]

My sling is amazing. Cutest Tarantula IMHO.

 

[curiousme]

I loved watching this species grow and we had 6 to watch. They go from a striped spider to completely black, at least until the male matures and then it is more of a grey color. They are a bit skittish and they are fast, but great eaters. A couple of ours were even jumpers. I love the species and it was a must have for me.

Here is a short feeding video of ours back when they were little and my camera skills weren't honed yet. I was going to link to the post that it is in, but the youtube link has ceased working.

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[shanebp]

Mine is the devil reincarnated into a tarantula I swear.

 

[babypiggy]

i really like them!

i'm getting 25 slings from crawltech actually

hehehe

 

[Rue]

It was one of my top 3 picks! Adorable looking! We'll deal with the attitude when it's big enough to be scary...

 

[6StringSamurai]

My personal favorite spider. They're beautiful.

Mine have all been very fast, but I've never had one that was particularly defensive.

Once I was packing up a mature male for shipping and he threw up a threat display and then attacked my tongs a few times. That's the most I've gotten out of them, and I've had four.

Some people seem to have different luck though, I've seen plenty of stories of defensive irminias.

Then again, all my OBTs are pet rocks that I barely even see, I only ever got a threat display out of one of them one time. Maybe I just get really docile Ts for some reason?

I read other people's stories about defensive Ts and I feel left out.

 

[oogie boogie]

My favorite arboreal tarantula. Like others say, it is very flighty, a soft breeze will send them back to their burrows. When cornered it will strike with no hesitation. So be careful from escapes and bites

 

[captmarga]

I have four at the moment, my little MM (#5) is off making breeding rounds. One is a sling (Taminaco), he's grown from .5" to 2.5" over the past several months. He has never given me problems. Burning and Bright are sub adults, they have neat little burrows and go down in the holes when I feed. Sundancer is an adult female, she has a thick web curtain in her coconut hide. Only Kumete, the MM, ever gave real threats.

I think they are spectacular in coloration. Taminaco still spends a good deal of time out where I can see him, as does Burning. They are quick, and not something I would ever handle. They are look-pretties for me.

Marga

 

[ZergFront]

Fast. Pretty. Psalmopoeus also have interesting properties to their venom. Very close to chili pepper. Labeled arboreal, but they seem just as happy to be near the ground if they have plenty of supports for their webbing and an appropriate hide. Very entertaining to see a big spider carry a clump of dirt and then fling it away.

Attacks on prey can be explosive or even very stealthy. Had one that attacked the water being poured into the bowl. Skittish but will throw up a threat when cornered. Don't let the cage become dry.