What is the whitest coloration tarantula?

[Numismatica]

Hello all! I am thinking for the future here and I’m currently really deep into creating my own enclosures. I made one with ventilation holes in the shape of a tiny yang with a little Kunai knife as the door lock recently and now I reallllly want to make 2 enclosures with the vent holes looking like yin and the other like yang and spiders to match accordingly. It would be top tier!!!!

 

[CarlixTomix]

The whitest tarantula is definitely Heteroscodra maculata. However it's not a good tarantula for beginers, so be careful if you don't have some experience on tarantulas.

Some other tarantulas with white zones are:
- Nhandu chromatus have white bands in their legs, and white cephalothorax
- Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli and regalis (other poecilotheria are also more or less white)
- Haplocosmia himalayana also have kind of white bands in their legs, but I never had one so I'm not sure if they really look that white

 

[Numismatica]

The whitest tarantula is definitely Heteroscodra maculata. However it's not a good tarantula for beginers, so be careful if you don't have some experience on tarantulas.

Some other tarantulas with white zones are:
- Nhandu chromatus have white bands in their legs, and white cephalothorax
- Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli and regalis (other poecilotheria are also more or less white)
- Haplocosmia himalayana also have kind of white bands in their legs, but I never had one so I'm not sure if they really look that white

I am quite new still with 5 tarantulas, 3 of which were from petsmart. But one is a P. Regalis and the other is the P. Irminia, both of which seem pleased. I tend to all of them as needed morning and night thank you for the help!

 

[Edan bandoot]

There is a pretty white grammostola sp (Grammostola sp north)

Ephebopus murinus aswell

 

[Smotzer]

In support of the Yin and Yang!

Thirty spokes share the wheels hub;
It is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefor gain comes from what is there,
Usefulness comes from what is not
-Laozi

Gratefully,
Your Taoist friend

 

[viper69]

H mac - good luck with this secretive species. I owned one, never again.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

0.1 Heteroscodra maculata

• The Grym Reaper
• Jul 27, 2020
• 1
• female heteroscodra heteroscodra maculata maculata subadult subadult female togo starburst baboon

Rehoused Domino earlier in the month, caught her chilling on the front of her cork slab so...

0.1 Nhandu chromatus

• The Grym Reaper
• Jul 20, 2020
• adult adult female brazilian red and white chromatus female nhandu nhandu chromatus red and white striped birdeater

Storm rocking her new suit

0.1 Nhandu coloratovillosus

• The Grym Reaper
• Aug 11, 2019
• brazilian black and white brazilian black and white tarantula brazilopelma coloratovillosum coloratovillosus female juvenile juvenile female nhandu nhandu coloratovillosus

Oracle rocking her new suit

H mac - good luck with this secretive species. I owned one, never again.

Once my female passed juvie size I started seeing her out almost daily unless she's in pre-moult.

 

[viper69]

0.1 Heteroscodra maculata

• The Grym Reaper
• Jul 27, 2020
• 1
• female heteroscodra heteroscodra maculata maculata subadult subadult female togo starburst baboon

Rehoused Domino earlier in the month, caught her chilling on the front of her cork slab so...

0.1 Nhandu chromatus

• The Grym Reaper
• Jul 20, 2020
• adult adult female brazilian red and white chromatus female nhandu nhandu chromatus red and white striped birdeater

Storm rocking her new suit

0.1 Nhandu coloratovillosus

• The Grym Reaper
• Aug 11, 2019
• brazilian black and white brazilian black and white tarantula brazilopelma coloratovillosum coloratovillosus female juvenile juvenile female nhandu nhandu coloratovillosus

Oracle rocking her new suit

Once my female passed juvie size I started seeing her out almost daily unless she's in pre-moult.

There's always a fluke. Lucky you, I bought it based on the color as mine, she was fairly white. It was gorgeous...then poof into her home.

 

[Numismatica]

H mac - good luck with this secretive species. I owned one, never again.

I will definitely do some deeeep research but I hope one day! It’s absolutely gorgeous!! Must really be an odd ball.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

There's always a fluke. Lucky you

Had the same thing with the vast majority of so-called "uber reclusive" species I've kept so I must be doing something right because I sure as hell ain't that lucky lol.

 

[LucN]

The markings on A. geniculata are pretty white, no ?

 

[Yigzatoth]

The markings on A. geniculata are pretty white, no ?

Same goes to A. seemanni, black and white amazing spider and a lot less crazy.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

The markings on A. geniculata are pretty white, no ?

Yeah, mostly black with white/cream markings so would work for a Yin enclosure

 

[Matt Man]

the N. coloratovillosus I think has the most white in comparison to A geniculate and N Chromatus