What are the most popular spider names?

[edgeofthefreak]

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

Have you tried naming it after the sound a cricket makes when it's scared?

 

[Radium]

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

I think a lot of people just get some kind of existential comfort and satisfaction from organizing and naming things.

 

[Cavedweller]

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!

I've heard of putting other types of plants just in the refrigerator, any idea of this works with VFTs?

 

[flamekitty84]

I love these names lol although I'm pretty surprised that no one has named their tarantula after a car
I named my 4 inch female B. smithi Ferrari cuz when I unpacked her from the mail, she took off like lightning and I almost lost her....little demon, she is
anyway, my first T was a rose hair, and I named her Princess Peach, then my second Rosie was named Penelope, then I got two RCF and I named them Peanut and Rosie (obviously lol)
I also have a chalcodes named Phoebe (I was on a P-name roll apparently)
a juvie b. albo named Curly (ha)
and a huge G. pulchripes I named Koko

 

[shelpen]

My very first T, CRH naturally, was named Ziggy.

Now I have 25 but named only a few:

- A. chalcodes Miss Blondi
- A. genic Lucky (he had a couple little accidents early on... like his burrow collapsing and a cork bark smooshing him a bit )
- C. darlingi Igor (postmortem, see my thread "Something went wrong" in TC)

 

[Purple Grant]

My (so far) only tarantula is called "Cyd Charisse". I'm sure someone must have thought of that joke before.

 

[elliotulysses]

I did have an a metallica named Sherlock and a p. murinus named Moriarty [emoji14]

 

[jaystigdon]

I named my first T, a G. rosea, after my childhood crush: Wednesday Addams. Now we have a B. albopilosum that my daughter insists should be named Pubert.

 

[spiderbesideher]

I have stuck to naming mine after Muppets. Cute and fuzzy, the similarities are striking.

 

[scorpionchaos]

B.vagans= Squishy (first time seeing a T molt)

C.fasciatum= Tigger (take a guess :biggrin

C.marshalli= Marshall

C.cyaneopubescens= Indigo

B.smithi= Zippo (like the lighters...)

B.albiceps= Pinky

H.incei= Stardust

E.murinus= Femur

H. sp Large= Patches

Scolopendra cingulata= Scold

Scolopendra alternans= Titan

No real theme or anything just looks and behaviours.

 

[Storm76]

I still have to grin everytime I go check or do maintenance/feeding on my little "Borg Collective" in form of quadrouple Euathlus sp. "red"

"1of4" through "4of4" - easy and funny

 

[cold blood]

For me this answer is very easy. The most popular name is.....#1

Whether I get one or 50, there's ALWAYS a #1.:smile:

 

[MrsHaas]

H. sp Large= Patches.

My hapalopus sp large is named Mr. Patches too lol

---------- Post added 08-07-2015 at 08:59 PM ----------

Ok I know it's silly but I really like naming them... Even when I'm up past 30

A versicolor - bleuford
Gbb - Webster
A genic - princess lily butt
A chalcodes - shy Floyd
A hentzi - whiteface
G pulchripes - rhonda
P regalis - Rufus
P cambridgei -lil g
P irminia - trudie
B albopilosum - Larry and curly (moe died)
B vagans - Thelma (Louise died)
C Schioedtei - Charlemagne
P rufilata - rakshasa
G rosea - angry
Avic avic - boom Shakwitah
B boehmei - Consuela
E uatuman - booger
P pulcher - meegan
M balfouri - norbert
B smithi - Owen
E pachypus - platty
Hapolopus sp large - mr patches
Obt - orangina
N chromatus - Cheryl
C darlingi - darling
I Mira - amale
H incei - bumbles
A enzendami - dezzie
E olivacea -olive
H himalayana - shimmie
M cabocla - Macarena
P metallica - Lars
P brachyramosa - the brat

 

[Experiment397]

Chilean copper- Artemis
My versi doesn't have a name yet. Needs to be sexed first

 

[MrsHaas]

Chilean copper- Artemis
My versi doesn't have a name yet. Needs to be sexed first

More than half of mine aren't sexed - I usually buy slings bc I like to watch them grow - and I just name them whatever comes to mind and they're stuck with it regardless lol Needless to say I have a lot of tranny spiders now ha ha

 

[pyro fiend]

More than half of mine aren't sexed - I usually buy slings bc I like to watch them grow - and I just name them whatever comes to mind and they're stuck with it regardless lol Needless to say I have a lot of tranny spiders now ha ha

Lolol wooow thats y all the ones i name before sexed are unisexed (almost none) like my decko alex.. Because i got her at 2weeks old and i wasnt gona be able to vent sex for like 8 mon so was either alexander the gecko or alexis.. Well i said alex so much shes stuck with alex..i made the mistake when younger to name a beardie a girl name.. And when i added another girl who was proven breeder and they had eggs..twice... Well daisy wasnt gona fit for a proud daddy hahaha

 

[leaveittoweaver]

Can't believe Parker hasn't been said! That's my G.Porteri's(first tarantulas) name.

 

[edgeofthefreak]

I've heard of putting other types of plants just in the refrigerator, any idea of this works with VFTs?

I've heard of this for VFTs, but they still want some light, just not as much. If VFTs are fridged, they need extra care. Also, out-of-sight, out-of-mind... if they start to rot in the fridge, they may be found too late!

Which reminds me... I put a Hyacinth bulb in my fridge a few weeks/months ago... I think it was on Star Wars day. Might be ready to plant soon? hehe


Back on topic, I name the same as many - whatever comes to mind. I do a little gender change when I know though. So Lord Whiplington (is an Amblypygi, but still a named arachnid) is now Lady Whiplington. I may need to steal Alex as a name for a future animal.

 

[Faing]

I have to write down their names as I usually don't remember them. My arachnids are mostly candy-theme named. I needed a genre that I could up with names fairly easily. I also have Fluffy and variations of Fluffy.

Though having tarantulas named Starburst, Truffles, Floofy, Skittles, and etc might be a bit eccentric. I feel a desire to name almost everything, just because I want to.

 

[Pocket Jotter]

I am not sure how common these names are but I generally name my Tarantulas by appearance or characteristics. Sometimes by names completely opposite to the Tarantulas appearance.

A few Tarantulas that I have kept in the past.

Pamphobetus platyomma due to it being pinkish I named it Rhubarb.
Pterinochilus murinus = Yellow so I called it Custard.
Lasiodora parahybana = Massive so I called it Twinkle.
Haplopelma lividum = Stupidly fast so I called it Lightening
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens = Was completely nuts so I called it Mad Murdoch (The-A-Team) reference.
Poecilotheria miranda = Fairly lazy Juvenile so I call it Boris. (Has no relevance to laziness at all) He just looks Like a Boris.