What are the most popular spider names?

[TsunamiSpike]

Mine tend to be relating to some thing about the tarantula (temperament, looks, common name). Shan't last them all but they're in my profile. I try to be somewhat unique.

 

[MrsHaas]

Mine tend to be relating to some thing about the tarantula (temperament, looks, common name). Shan't last them all but they're in my profile. I try to be somewhat unique.

Omg u have a gbb named Webster too?!

 

[Biollantefan54]

The only two tarantulas I ever named were Charlotte (a female rose hair) and Kumonga (a female Chaco golden knee) The only reason I named them is because I use them in my shows so the kids always want to know what their names are. Everyone gets Charlotte but so far no one has gotten the Kumonga reference. I guess us Godzilla fans are few and far between. And yes, I did have a giant crayfish name Ebirah at one time.

I did have an ex girlfriend once that named all my spiders. She named them all EEEWWW!!!

I get the references

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Mine have random names, at least the ones I decide to name. My GBB is named Cheesecake, my A. avicularia is named Sparkplug, my B. albopilosum is named Bulldozer. I don't name most of them.

 

[PanzoN88]

I am stunned the name diablo has not popped up for an obt, since I hear they can be feisty

 

[Ellenantula]

What, no love for Joe Besser or Curly Joe?

Never heard of them -- I only knew Larry, Curly and Moe -- had to google 'Three Stooges' for Shemp. Didn't realize there were even more....
That show was annoying to me, I could not sit through a whole skit without developing an eye twitch.

Btw -- love the name Webster -- wish I'd thought of that one!

 

[sschind]

I get the references

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Mine have random names, at least the ones I decide to name. My GBB is named Cheesecake, my A. avicularia is named Sparkplug, my B. albopilosum is named Bulldozer. I don't name most of them.

Noticed your screen name earlier. I'm sure you do. I also have a savanna monitor named Anguirus and a praying mantis named Kamacuras

 

[Biollantefan54]

I wonder why I haven't used Godzilla monster names yet lol, some fit perfect like Kamacuras and Kumonga. Obviously Biollante is my favorite monster but....it doesn't quite match any of my animals lol.

 

[Cavedweller]

Get yourself a nice carnivorous plant to name Biollante.

The only time I watched Biollante was immediately after watching Little Shop of Horrors, kinda ruined the tone hahaha.

 

[Biollantefan54]

After recently seeing the thread with the carnivorous plants...I definitely want some in the future! :biggrin:

 

[scott308]

Never heard of them -- I only knew Larry, Curly and Moe -- had to google 'Three Stooges' for Shemp. Didn't realize there were even more....
That show was annoying to me, I could not sit through a whole skit without developing an eye twitch.

That's all right. Most people , if they can name anyone other than Moe, Larry and Curly, would only come up with Shemp. Joe Besser and Curly Joe were very late in the career of the Stooges so most people have no idea who they are. Personally, I love the Three Stooges but my wife haaaaaates them! I was just messing with you, I wouldn't really expect anyone to name those two.

 

[pyro fiend]

I wonder why I haven't used Godzilla monster names yet lol, some fit perfect like Kamacuras and Kumonga. Obviously Biollante is my favorite monster but....it doesn't quite match any of my animals lol.

Want one that fits? Ill send you my buddies tagu..
The B-stard is part cat.. When he wants attention (pretty much never) hes calm as can be iv opened his mouth and pet his tongue once.. But if he dont.. He will SHOOT out the cage as soon as its unlashed jump on all tanles knock down all objects try and climb the curtains and will just hiss at you (duh cant roar) Godzilla..is the non-radioactive reincarnation of the Japanese creature lol

 

[lmactans]

...Vriska, is that you?

REGARDLESS I have the WORST taste in names, with the criminally overused B. albopilosum named "Curly", my G. pulchripes named "Goldie", and my L. parahybana named "Lassie". "Vriska", a spider-themed character from a webcomic, also seems very popular. She is somewhat unpleasant, and for irony's sake, I named my sweetheart B. smithi after her.

 

[MrsHaas]

After recently seeing the thread with the carnivorous plants...I definitely want some in the future! :biggrin:

Omg me too! I had a venus fly trap as a kid named Audrey, of course, but I heard vfts need harsh winters to thrive which I couldn't give her here in Cali. Sadly, she died before she could eat any people lol

 

[edgeofthefreak]

Omg me too! I had a venus fly trap as a kid named Audrey, of course, but I heard vfts need harsh winters to thrive which I couldn't give her here in Cali. Sadly, she died before she could eat any people lol

I want to make a terrarium for VFTs, but I'd need to plan the right time to put it on my balcony... say mid-March? They'll live for a while without wintering over, but to live for many years takes some freezing conditions.

Some folks can safely store them in a wine cooler, which is near freezing, for a few months, then pull them out for thawing. Technology can assist!

 

[MrsHaas]

You are the one I heard about the winter necessity from



--J.Haas

 

[edgeofthefreak]

You are the one I heard about the winter necessity from

--J.Haas

Always do your own research kiddies! I was a bit off here... Not actually a harsh winter, but a dormancy period through a lowering a of temperature, while still providing sunlight. In this case, wine cooler would want to have a light on a timer. On a balcony, the terrarium would get cold, not frozen, and still get light.

Source: https://www.flytrapcare.com/venus-fly-trap-dormancy

/endhijack

Back on topic, is "Quad-hug" a popular name for spiders yet?

 

[Radium]

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.

The Silmarillion is one of my favorite books! 'Vanya' is one of my potential T names.

I'm, optimistically, calling the LV sling Callista for the moment. Sporos is the male name I'm leaning towards if the sling turns out male.

As to the question, I've noticed several rosies named Ophelia.

 

[courtneyannb]

I've gone with a serial killer kind of theme but a few have different names because it was fitting!

My Rose hair: Harriet, she has a pink little tuft between her eyes that reminded me of "punk" and made me think of Debbie Harry
My Red Knee: Vlad the Impaler, he vicious with his pray!
My Platyomma: Sir Eli Bathory, he is so pretty he needed a "fancy" name, and he's named for Elizabeth Bathary, serial killer who bathed in blood
My T. Stirmi: Brienne of Tarth, any GOT viewer knows this one and why
My OBT: if it a girl, which I hope it is, im going with Saraphine
My Curly Hair, not sure yet!

 

[pepey05]

My G rosea - Marge, after Marge Simpson
My B emilia - Emily, for obvious reasons
My A genic - Karina, after my old boss, who was Brazilian, beautiful and could be crazy angry!
My B smith - Sheri, after the British actress, Sheridan Smith
My L parahybana - Bella, shortened for latin, beauty
My P sazimai - Bobby, after Bobby Vinton, 'Blue Velvet' hope that makes sense?
My G pulchra - Little one, cos we don't know whether boy/girl yet

 

[Poec54]

It seems that whatever you call them, they never come.