Favorite Tarantulas?

Stormsinger

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Either G. pulchripes or H. cafreriana. I adore my G. pulchripes, and I have been falling in love with the Harpactira genus, with the H. cafreriana quickly becoming a dream spider.
 

DomGom TheFather

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C. marshalli is quickly edging top spot.
Baboons are just tops.
Curlies are great. Avics are nice. Obt's are dope.
They're all pretty cool.
 

LucN

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For me, has to be my B. hamorii. The only T in my collection so far that I paid extra for a sexed female. Thus far, it has been worth it. She's always out and about, looking pretty and eating like she'd never been fed. Can't beat the all-time classic :)
 

liquidfluidity

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Right now... I'd have to say my P. rufilata x2. Always great eaters, growing fast, rare colors, a hint of danger/excitement that keeps you in your best form everytime you're inside. Just beautiful! Owned since slings.

And as terrestrials, I just kind of fell in love for Brachys. I have a juvenile Boehmei and 2 Smithii slings and have plans for a couple others. The Boehmei just did it as my first 😍
 

LucN

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It's a Peruvian commonly known as Thrixopelma sp cajamarca
Close, but no cigar. Thrixopelma didn't even cross my mind, heh :)

Right now... I'd have to say my P. rufilata x2. Always great eaters, growing fast, rare colors, a hint of danger/excitement that keeps you in your best form everytime you're inside. Just beautiful! Owned since slings.

And as terrestrials, I just kind of fell in love for Brachys. I have a juvenile Boehmei and 2 Smithii slings and have plans for a couple others. The Boehmei just did it as my first 😍
Brachys are nothing short of perfect ! Beautiful, generally docile, good appetite and long-lived. I want a klaasi, emilia and albiceps so bad :D
 

johnny quango

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Very cool. I've never heard of it until now.
They can be a little bit difficult to find as they aren't often for sale. They are slow growers too so it takes a long time to mature. They are the calmest tarantula I've ever kept

Close, but no cigar. Thrixopelma didn't even cross my mind, heh :)
Thrixopelma is a genus that has pretty much everything even though it doesn't have many members
 

johnny quango

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I'm well aware of ockerti. The rest ? Not so much.
T sp cajamarca are as calm as H chilensis but 5" or so. T cyaneolum is very calm, T Laguna's can be skittish when young but beautiful blue colours. There is another tarantula from the Cusco area of Peru the Theraphosinae sp Cusco that is thought to be a Thrixopelma also but they are a little bit firey
 

spideyspinneret78

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T sp cajamarca are as calm as H chilensis but 5" or so. T cyaneolum is very calm, T Laguna's can be skittish when young but beautiful blue colours. There is another tarantula from the Cusco area of Peru the Theraphosinae sp Cusco that is thought to be a Thrixopelma also but they are a little bit firey
Interesting. The Theraphosinae sp. cusco is so beautiful. I saw one at a show that I was immediately draw to but it was way out of my price range.
 

Liquifin

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My favorite tarantula species will always be the Poecilotheria ornata. But my favorite genus without a doubt will always be the Theraphosa genus.
 
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