What is your tarantula's name?

[Chris LXXIX]

Elektra

That's the name of my niece, my brother's daughter

 

[boina]

Only a few of mine have names - the ones I got first and a few where a name just occurred to me:

Aura - B. auratum (uncreative, I know)
Aurelia - G. pulchripes
Jeanie and Candy - A. genics, Jeanie is bigger and older
Fuzzy - oh, you can guess
Vanilla - B. vagans (it irritates people, but natural vanilla is black)
Carla - L. klugi
Delphina - L. difficilis
Pepper - P. nigricolor
Clementine - OBT
Roseanne - you guessed it
Nike - another easy guess

That's it... I need more names.

 

[Polenth]

Boris. I didn't pick the name. It was something the arachnophobic family member came out with, so I went with it as I figured it'd help make the spider seem less threatening.

I don't know what I'll call future spiders, but I'll probably end up with a Fluffy somewhere along the line. My scorpion is called Angry. My hissing cockroaches are Dusty and Trevor.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

That's the name of my niece, my brother's daughter

Is she also filled with the perpetual need to lose her mind and bitch-slap everyone and everything that isn't food?

 

[louise f]

Used to be called Finkle

Dude you watched to much of ace venture..

 

[Thekla]

Okay, here are the names of my Ts (in the order I got them):

Missy - B. hamorii
Donna - D. diamantinensis
Jackie - H. sp. blue peru
Flash (work in progress ) - H. chilensis
Captain Cold - B. albopilosum (Honduras)
Lucifer - G. rosea
Mazikeen - B. vagans? (still not sure)
Lola - GBB
Emrys - A. merianae
Mr(s) Blue Berry - C. versicolor
Arthur - C. ritae
Lady Guinevere - C. elegans
Madame Pompadour - T. cyaneolum
Locke - B. albopilosum (Nicaragua)
Nugget - N. incei gold

 

[EtienneN]

Puppy - G. pulchra
Lightning - H. pulchripes
Muffin - G. pulchripes
Fluffy - B. albopilosum
Blondie - A. chalcodes
Electr(a) or (o) - C. versicolor
Mocha - P. subfusca (bara) lowland form
Octavia - P. metallica

 

[Cherri]

B hamoriis - quelaag and quelaan
P irminia - virus
M balfouri- Ungoliant
P metallica- iskra
T stirmi- brap
G porteri- tofu
G pulchra - shelob
Pumpkin patch - Pumpkin because I'm really original
A chalcodes - unnamed

 

[devinc]

My two c. versicolor slings are called Itsy and Bitsy.

 

[FrDoc]

This thread has become more effective than syrup of ipecac.

 

[antinous]

Promised my gf I’d name at least one of mine, so the first one I got is Andromeda (Pamphobeteus sp. ‘platyomma’).

 

[Clareesi]

Tarantulina Jolie.

 

[Flashback]

My A. Cholacades is named Phoenix!

 

[Teal]

I absolutely love naming stuff and my names tend to be pretty random. A lot also come from the odd conversations my partner and I have.

Some recently named Ts and some of my favourites (because to list them alllll would take awhile) include...

- Yayet and Thawhy ( A ap Peru Purple/ A juruensis M2) [From two conversations... "Yeah, YET" and "You are forgetting the Y!"]
- Either (B. albo) [I don't precisely recall what this conversation was about, but it ended with "We don't have either" and I said, "We do now!"]
- Lava (P. regalis) [This spider was molting recently and my punny partner said "molten lava"]
- Potato (P. metallica) [I just love potatos, okay?]
- Coffeebac (P. lugardi) [Lip reading isn't an exact science and sometimes it results in funny misreads. I was confused as to why my partner would ask for their coffee back... they hate coffee.]
- Juxta aka JuxtaNeverGonnaGrow [My little P. lugardi sling that only grew 2" in five years]

 

[Mini8leggedfreak]

I learned a long time ago not to name animals that are raised for meat.

I’m totally kidding, I’ve named 2 bc I’m awful with naming pets.
AF A avic- socks
Euathlus parvulus- twitch (bc it bolts)

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I feel like this thread already existed a few months ago...

But anyhow my A. chalcodes is Kate. Katherine if she's climbing on the walls.

 

[GalacticFurai]

A. Seemanni - Darcie
B. Albopilosum - Kimberly Kimble
A. Chalcodes - Skiddy Pally
A. Metallica - Spa (temporary name)

 

[SkittleBunny]

I got bored naming my T's but the ones I named prior to becoming bored are :

B.Albo 'Nic' - Mitzy, Stiffler, Jack, Mordecai, and Ace

B.Vagans - Tolkien, Petunia

I just call my other T's whatever they look like.. For example my young G. pulchripes 'name' is "kiwi butt".. My savannah monitor had a name until his accident now he looks like a hobo so we affectionatly call him 'Hobo' or his actual name Rhino.

I got alot of animals, and I dont like reusing names (even from years ago) sooo i like to save names for animals that can understand them

 

[Bob Len]

Havis, Travis, Clavis and Bukowski

 

[thebronzedragon]

I like naming T's and other animals based off their species name, I don't have many animals because I am new to the hobby but here are all of them.

Tarantulas:
Aphonopelma chalcodes- Cal
Avicularia avicularia- Vic or Vicky (depending on if its male or female)
Grammostola pulchripes- no name yet, can't think of one, any suggestions?

Scorpions:
Heterometrus spinifer (Mature female)- Spin
Heterometrus spinifer (Baby)- Donnie (He was the only one of a clutch that darkened do I named it after Donnie darko)
Hadrurus arizonensis- Ares

Reptiles:
Fat tail gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)- Cody
Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)- Cornelius