What are the most popular spider names?

[Cavedweller]

I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice some common themes in naming spiders. First place definitely goes to Charlotte. My guess for second most popular would be Rosie (for G. rosea of course), followed by Shelob, though I've only ever seen Ts named that, never true spiders.

You guys come across any other real popular spider names? I think Peter should be a more popular one than it is!

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

O dunno, but I do know this. Everybody who goes with Shelob probably thinks they are the first to come up with it. I called my rosea that (when I called her anything at all) I imagine that the one from the Harry Potter books is pretty popular, I've seen it used here at least once. I can't recall seeing "Ungoliant" which comes from the same place as Shelob, ie. J.R.R Tolkien. Maybe it is a bit too unwieldy.

 

[PanzoN88]

I have noticed several B. Albos with the name Larry

 

[Cavedweller]

O dunno, but I do know this. Everybody who goes with Shelob probably thinks they are the first to come up with it. I called my rosea that (when I called her anything at all) I imagine that the one from the Harry Potter books is pretty popular, I've seen it used here at least once. I can't recall seeing "Ungoliant" which comes from the same place as Shelob, ie. J.R.R Tolkien. Maybe it is a bit too unwieldy.

I sure as heck don't remember an Ungoliant, but I'm a bad nerd barely managed to slog through Tolkien's work.

Maybe we need more spiders named Lolth...

I have noticed several B. Albos with the name Larry

I'm not sure why, but that feels like a good name for a B. albo.

 

[Ellenantula]

I've noticed some B albos named Spark Plug here. I named my B albo Hagrid -- figuring the hair would be a little wild and crazy (Um, actually that sounds more like a Steve Martin reference, hmmm). I named my G pulchripes Aragog. Most of mine, at this point, never received a pet name.

 

[MrsHaas]

I have noticed several B. Albos with the name Larry

I have a b albopilosum named Larry lol!!

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O dunno, but I do know this. Everybody who goes with Shelob probably thinks they are the first to come up with it. I called my rosea that (when I called her anything at all) I imagine that the one from the Harry Potter books is pretty popular, I've seen it used here at least once. I can't recall seeing "Ungoliant" which comes from the same place as Shelob, ie. J.R.R Tolkien. Maybe it is a bit too unwieldy.

And my friend has a Rosie named shelob!! How uncanny...



--J.Haas

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I sure as heck don't remember an Ungoliant, but I'm a bad nerd barely managed to slog through Tolkien's work.

Ahem! One dos not simply slog throuh The Lord of the Rings. Maybe just a bit through the posthumous Silmarillion and the histories volumes, but the Lord of the Rings? Never! Anyway, Ungoliant was only mentioned in passing in The lord of the Rings. She figured more in The Silmarillion, she was sort of the progenitor of all the nasty big spiders in later ages, including Shelob.

Maybe we need more spiders named Lolth...

Not such a bad nerd if you are familiar with the Queen of the Demonweb Pits in Dungeons and dragons. But still...slog?

I'm not sure why, but that feels like a good name for a B. albo.

Better for a blondi or parahybana, though. Lolth could not be described as fuzzy and cute. Okay, maybe the drow saw her that way...

 

[Ellenantula]

I have noticed several B. Albos with the name Larry

Curly, Larry, Moe or Shemp... makes sense, sorta, maybe, not really. Curly makes more sense than Larry, imo.
(and there may be another Larry reference I am missing -- just assumed here).

 

[pyro fiend]

ginger, rosie/rose seem to e the most common to me.. iv seen cleo for alot too but usually those are all rosies curley for albos is everywhere. XD

tho not gona lie.. if i get a crazy one his names gona be TIM lol

 

[PanzoN88]

Curly, Larry, Moe or Shemp... makes sense, sorta, maybe, not really. Curly makes more sense than Larry, imo.
(and there may be another Larry reference I am missing -- just assumed here).

Larry had curly brown hair, by the way I think you might have forgotten one.

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

You can always name your spiders Milo and Otis. Curly is a fine name for a B. albo.

 

[MrsHaas]

Curly, Larry, Moe or Shemp... makes sense, sorta, maybe, not really. Curly makes more sense than Larry, imo.
(and there may be another Larry reference I am missing -- just assumed here).

I have a curly too, but moe died

 

[Cavedweller]

I wonder what the most popular name for OBTs is? I'd name one Creamsicle or Julius.

Ahem! One dos not simply slog throuh The Lord of the Rings. Maybe just a bit through the posthumous Silmarillion and the histories volumes, but the Lord of the Rings? Never! Anyway, Ungoliant was only mentioned in passing in The lord of the Rings. She figured more in The Silmarillion, she was sort of the progenitor of all the nasty big spiders in later ages, including Shelob.

Not such a bad nerd if you are familiar with the Queen of the Demonweb Pits in Dungeons and dragons. But still...slog?

Better for a blondi or parahybana, though. Lolth could not be described as fuzzy and cute. Okay, maybe the drow saw her that way...

Ugh i know, I'm ashamed of myself. I just found the whole series really, really boring and I don't know why. I tried to force myself through it several times in my life. I think the furthest I ever made it was through the first 2 books and halfway through the third.

Don't get me started on DnD though. Was suuuuper into that as a teenager, haven't had much time for it as a boring grownup though. I think Lolth would be better suited to something sleek and kinda regal looking, like a Nephila.

 

[HungryGhost]

I had a male tarantula named Bruce. One day I got home from work and it molted into a female and changed its name to Caitlyn.::

 

[Shrike]

Naming spiders after inanimate objects is really popular these days. Lamp, coffee mug, lanyard, eraser, stapler, VCR, etc.

 

[Arachnomaniac19]

Naming spiders after inanimate objects is really popular these days. Lamp, coffee mug, lanyard, eraser, stapler, VCR, etc.

I should call my rosea The Rock.

 

[pyro fiend]

Naming spiders after inanimate objects is really popular these days. Lamp, coffee mug, lanyard, eraser, stapler, VCR, etc.

Awe man is that why someone tried to give me a porteri when i put on craigslist id be willing to trade something for an iphone...he sent a pic of MM rosea and it was titled "iphone 5s gold"

 

[rockpython]

My albop is named Jo
My OBTs are named after Star Trek characters
My LPs after monsters
My roseas after gods
My acanthoscurrias after Thomas the tank engine engines
And the others have random names.

 

[Austin S.]

Had a male albopilosum several years ago, when I named my tarantulas, his ended up being Harry. Think it suited him well.

 

[vespers]

I had a male tarantula named Bruce. One day I got home from work and it molted into a female and changed its name to Caitlyn.::

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...almost spit my coffee out when I read that one.


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