Your favorite T? Your least favorite T?

[ECH]

Im curious to know the tarantula that you have (or had) that you love to pieces, thought “OMG I GOTTA HAVE A THOUSAND MORE”, and would recommend to everyone, or wouldn’t recommend because you think you should have them all.
But I also wanna know that one tarantula that makes you angry, and makes you think “you stupid tarantula you’re the worst, i swear im gonna sell you one day” (but don’t because it’s your baby).
So just a fun question, please answer.

 

[PanzoN88]

Favorite: H. Sp. red (or fire) (E. Sp. red)
Least favorite: none I like them all the same for the most part, the species I listed above is eight legged royalty in my opinion at least.

 

[spookyvibes]

My favorite: All of them, because they all have unique traits and quirks that I love

My least favorite: All of them, because they all have their own thing that they do to annoy me

 

[Mychajlo]

Favorite: Theraphosa Stirmi, because the personality and bulkiness

“Least Favorite”: Cyriopagopus Vonwirthi, don’t get me wrong I love this species but my girl is a HAND FULL. Given the opportunity she would Usain Bolt it out of her enclosure all while trying to bite me, but I still love her

 

[ccTroi]

Favorite: G. rosea - funny personalities.

Least fav: H. sp red - my slings will not eat.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Favourite
G. iheringi, everyone should have one.
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Least favourite
Of all time: P. cambridgei, the only time I saw him was after he hooked out.
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Currently: L. parahybana, the hairs, Jesus effing wept, the hairs!
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[Garth Vader]

My favorite- I can't decide! Probably my H. sp. Red/ E sp. Red or my new one- Aphonopelma chalcodes. So cute, curious, always out and about.

Least favorite- Hapalopus sp Colombia large. I hardly ever see them and when I do they are trying for a runner. I still like it a lot, just if I had to pick a least favorite.

 

[draconisj4]

Favorite: P. cancerides. Attitude plus and very bold but my X. immanis is rapidly gaining favor so that may change.

Least favorite: My G. pulchripes has been nothing but a box of dirt since I've had it. A real pain to feed.

 

[Joie1234]

My favorite t would be B. Albopilosum since it was or probably my first t.

My least favorite would be....none.. its really difficult to rank them up but my B. Albo has a special place in me.

 

[PidderPeets]

Favorite: A. avicularia. I honestly never thought much of them at first, and didn't anticipate ever having one. But when a free one was posted in my area on Craigslist, I jumped on the opportunity and picked her up. I now think this species will be a staple in my collection as long as I remain in the hobby.

Least favorite: LP

Currently: L. parahybana, the hairs, Jesus effing wept, the hairs!

Ditto.

 

[Mjb30]

My current favourite: my Acanthoscurria geniculata as it’s always out these days and doesn’t ever bolt away these days at all.

My least favourite: my Aphonopelma moderatum for having had it two months, being tiny and not moulting yet!

 

[Ungoliant]

Im curious to know the tarantula that you have (or had) that you love to pieces, thought “OMG I GOTTA HAVE A THOUSAND MORE”, and would recommend to everyone, or wouldn’t recommend because you think you should have them all.

I love all of my tarantulas, but the ones that give me the most entertainment are:

Bulldozer (juvenile female Grammostola pulchra)


She is my most easygoing tarantula. Nothing ever spooks her. What amuses me about her is how "possessive" she gets toward anything added to the enclosure. She grabs and holds on, often allowing me to lift her in the air instead of letting go.

Squirt (juvenile female Psalmopoeus cambridgei from cold blood)


She is a goofball. A fun way to play with her is to crinkle a candy wrapper near her cage. Something about that noise or vibration elicits a prey response, and she comes running toward the source of the crinkling. Like Bulldozer, she will also play tug-of-war with mylar ribbons.

Oh, and she throws balls of substrate across the cage from her retreat.

Skyler (mature female Avicularia avicularia)
She can usually be found sitting on her porch, displaying her twinkle toes. Every 2-4 days, she fires her butt cannon at the front doors of the enclosure, as if aiming for the crack between the doors.

But I also wanna know that one tarantula that makes you angry, and makes you think “you stupid tarantula you’re the worst, i swear im gonna sell you one day” (but don’t because it’s your baby).

I don't dislike any of my tarantulas, but the one that is the least entertaining right now is my Bumba cabocla sling, who has sealed herself into her burrow. Hurry up and molt already!

 

[Olan]

Favorite: Pamphobeteus sp. Machala. She is very impressive looking, never boring, and a funny “personality”.

Least favorite: Cyriocosmus elegans. Mine is always hidden in its extensive burrows, can’t even see it through the sides of the enclosure. Lately it doesn’t even come out to eat, just waits for a cricket to go down into the burrow. Other keepers have had more visible Cyriocosmus though, so I will probably get another (or hope this one eventually comes out in its old age)

 

[volcanopele]

I presume you mean, of the ones you have?

Favorite T: Should come as no surprise to anyone who’s seen me post here, my female Lasiodora klugi. Even the MM and the juvenile male are pretty neat. Interesting personalities, neither too aggressive nor too passive. Always out. When they are not in pre- or post-molt, they’re pretty active. Amazing eaters. Honorable mentions to my Aphonopelma chalcodes and my GBB females.

Least favorite T: Probably my Ceratogyrus marshalli. She’s a pet hole. I’ve seen her out of said hole maybe 3 or 4 times since I got her in November 2016. Like @Olan’s C. elegans above, she doesn’t even come out to eat, she just sits at the bottom of her burrow and waits for crickets to come to her. I don’t know, maybe she comes out at 3 am in the morning to hunt... Oh and that whole, Ts will keep their burrows neat and tidy malarkey... Dishonorable mentions to my Poecilotheria miranda female and my Poecilotheria smithi MM. One rarely comes out from behind her cork bark slab. The other refuses to leave its cork bark tube.

 

[athlete96]

Favourite: It's really between by b. albo and by t. gigas. Both are stupid "friendly" towards me. Never shy from me, but also never bolt when I open enclosures up. My b. albo was my first T too so of course I'll have a soft spot for it.

Least: H. sanguiniceps. This thing is evil. I open the enclosure to feed it, and oh look its on my bloody arm. It's small fast and hates me. I'm convinced it wants to live on my skin. Normally I can get away with opening the enclosure just a hair and drop it in, but its started to figure that out too. Evil evil dwarf creature.

 

[Andrea82]

My favourite (s) are my G.iheringi and A.geniculata. G.iheringi grows like weed, always eats, has funny webbing going on and looks stunning. My A.geniculata because of their entertainment during feeding, their landscaping and their absurd growth rate.

Least favourite at the moment is my C.sanderi sling. It always makes a runner when I open his tub, and comes dashing towards me in the process. It's a bit better since it burrowed, but it seems to lie in an ambush, firing its rockets when I am filling the waterdish.
And my P.muticus. It's never out. Ever. Food and water disappear but that's it.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

And my P.muticus. It's never out. Ever. Food and water disappear but that's it.

Ah... what you expected?

 

[Nightshady]

Most Favorite - TIE

C. cyaneopubecens. My first T that I have raised from a tiny sling. Out in the open almost all the time, great eater, very beautiful.



A. geniculata. ALWAYS out in the open, and feisty as a bag of rabid rattlesnakes. Love her.




Least favorite - really don’t have one. None of my T’s do anything that irk me. My C. Versicolor is a bit of a picky eater, but it looks so pretty that I don’t care haha.

 

[zoogirl]

Hmmm, of the ones that I have, my favorite is my G. pulchripes. S/he is always rearranging her little deli cup and tossing over her water. She's got a trench down the middle with all the dirt pushed to the sides today.....every day it's a new home LOL!

My least favorite is actually my husband's colbalt blue....C. lividum, I think is it's scientific name. She's very beautiful but very angry and scary!!

 

[ECH]

I love all of my tarantulas, but the ones that give me the most entertainment are:

Bulldozer (juvenile female Grammostola pulchra)


She is my most easygoing tarantula. Nothing ever spooks her. What amuses me about her is how "possessive" she gets toward anything added to the enclosure. She grabs and holds on, often allowing me to lift her in the air instead of letting go.

Squirt (juvenile female Psalmopoeus cambridgei from cold blood)


She is a goofball. A fun way to play with her is to crinkle a candy wrapper near her cage. Something about that noise or vibration elicits a prey response, and she comes running toward the source of the crinkling. Like Bulldozer, she will also play tug-of-war with mylar ribbons.

Oh, and she throws balls of substrate across the cage from her retreat.

Skyler (mature female Avicularia avicularia)
She can usually be found sitting on her porch, displaying her twinkle toes. Every 2-4 days, she fires her butt cannon at the front doors of the enclosure, as if aiming for the crack between the doors.





I don't dislike any of my tarantulas, but the one that is the least entertaining right now is my Bumba cabocla sling, who has sealed herself into her burrow. Hurry up and molt already!

Since I know that you have a Grammostola pulchra... I was wondering if it’d be worth it to get two? I’ve been debating for about a week and a half, an would most appreciate your opinion . Im also curious to know cons and pros about the species?