Your favorite T? Your least favorite T?

[antinous]

Oh yes, Taco Bell, home of the meatless and cheeseless taco shells, absolutely deserving of praise. I hope I did not offend, but seriously what happened to Taco Bell?

Taco Bell to me is fine tbh, I don't eat the meat there, so the 'powdered' re-fried beans aren't that bad.

 

[8LeggedLair]

If you could only keep one species of tarantula, which would it be and why?

For me, I'd have to go with Pamphobeteus antinous. Something about that coloration of an adult female gets me, and I love the attitude of them, the size they can get, the feeding response they have and just basically everything about them.

Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens
Because they’re F$&@ing awesome and colorful.
My female is basically a pig

 

[8LeggedLair]

In case y'all are not already aware, AB, and specifically this thread, got a shout out from Nat'l Geographic.com...

There may already have been a discussion about it, but i lack the time to search and see at the moment. It was just put up yesterday, it seems.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...01animals-tarantulamarket::rid=&sf201318991=1

Oh no *insert facepalm* I have a feeling that in the near future it will be highly difficult to acquire any species of Tarantula

 

[MintyWood826]

I have to...CHOOSE?!

Goodbye.



To make it easier for myself, I will go with Ts I've owned. So A. avicularia. (My only species owned)

I changed my mind. My favorite is all of them

 

[MikeofBorg]

A. Chalcodes. Gotta support the home team! Rust rump, rust rump, rah rah rah!!!

Is your A. chalcodes a rust rump with a bald spot like mine? My female is a terrible hair kicker, worse than my skittish A. seemanni. Seriously if I walk by her enclosure and look at her wrong she kicks hairs it seems. Its not that bad, but anytime ya open her lid she can get a little hair kicky at first. I'd probably kick hair too if someone took my roof off once a month and dropped a roach in my house.

 

[Kasshole]

Hey guys!!

I’m new here and was just curious as to everyone’s favorite Ts and why??

I’m fairly new to the world of Ts but have fallen head over heels for them!

Me and my boyfriend just got our first slings (brachypelma albopilosum) and we’re loving them!

I’ve noticed I definitely like the new world Ts a little more than old world.

Sooo yeah, drop a comment or a picture of your favorites!!

 

[Vanisher]

I have favourite genus

Old world Pterinochilus

New world Phormictopus

Why i like them are Looks and behaviour!

 

[BoyFromLA]

Below are previously discussed thread you can check:

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/favorite-species-of-tarantula.311849/

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/your-favorite-t-your-least-favorite-t.305489/

 

[Kasshole]

Below are previously discussed thread you can check:

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/favorite-species-of-tarantula.311849/

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/your-favorite-t-your-least-favorite-t.305489/

Thanks! I saw one of them but I wanted to be more involved and get to know people a little more by starting my own!

 

[Teal]

I'll play. I don't mind repeating myself sometimes

My favourite Ts are "baboons" - Tarantulas from Africa.

Pterinochilus is my favourite genus. After I got into Ts at 12 years old, I discovered a photo of an orange chunky spider and I was in love. Of course, that was the infamous Orange Bob and my second spider. Unfortunately, my little 1" sling was a massive 6.5" mature male in under a year. He lived for 6 months as a MM, and is still preserved in my freezer for when I feel brave enough to try doing a taxidermy mount with him.

Since then, I have become slightly obsessed with all the Pterinochilus (not like there are a lot haha) and I hoard them.

I also adore Ceratogyrus and Harpactira, of course, but horns and blue legs aren't my favourites. I have a little I. mira female who is amusing with her trapdoor burrow.

 

[PanzoN88]

All in order:

1. H. chilensis: NW
2. P. cancerides: NW
3. H. cafreriana (don't have one yet): OW
4. B. albopilosum (Nicaraguan): NW
5. B. schroederi: NW

First is my B. schroederi, second is my male H. chilensis.

 

[Vanisher]

I'll play. I don't mind repeating myself sometimes

My favourite Ts are "baboons" - Tarantulas from Africa.

Pterinochilus is my favourite genus. After I got into Ts at 12 years old, I discovered a photo of an orange chunky spider and I was in love. Of course, that was the infamous Orange Bob and my second spider. Unfortunately, my little 1" sling was a massive 6.5" mature male in under a year. He lived for 6 months as a MM, and is still preserved in my freezer for when I feel brave enough to try doing a taxidermy mount with him.

Since then, I have become slightly obsessed with all the Pterinochilus (not like there are a lot haha) and I hoard them.

I also adore Ceratogyrus and Harpactira, of course, but horns and blue legs aren't my favourites. I have a little I. mira female who is amusing with her trapdoor burrow.

Yeas Teal, they are amongst mine to! At the moment i have:

0.1.0 P chordatus
0.0.2 P lugardi
1.0.1 P murinus "usambara"
1.1.0 P murinus BCF Tete (adults)
0.0.3 P murinus DCF Kigoma

 

[weibkreux]

NW: A. geniculata - massive, GREAT eater, fast growth
OW: Orange Bobs - lovely little devils (don't forget to give them hugs)

Still on the lookout for a G. pulchra, a bit pricey so I'm still saving to get one.

p.s.
Special mention to B. vagans, they may be common but beautiful nonetheless, with different temperament compared to other Brachys.

 

[jrh3]

Mine are simple:

1. Poecilotheria species ( all of them), no words can explain how amazing they are.

2. Neoholothele Incei, Dwarfs that web like crazy. Hey, who can’t love that!

 

[Teal]

Yeas Teal, they are amongst mine to! At the moment i have:

0.1.0 P chordatus
0.0.2 P lugardi
1.0.1 P murinus "usambara"
1.1.0 P murinus BCF Tete (adults)
0.0.3 P murinus DCF Kigoma

Awesome!

I have something like 29 P. murinus RCF, two P. murinus TCF slings, two P. murinus DCF Kigoma slings on the way, something like 16-18 P. chordatus, and sadly only one P. lugardi left because my mature pair both died after pairing ):

Soo, I am going to go check the classifieds for P. lugardi slings now!

 

[Vanessa]

My favourite will always be Grammostola pulchra... followed by the rest of the Grammostola genus. I love the genus for their bulky adults, their more subtle appearance, their tolerance level and the overall 'curious' nature that I find most of them have.

I adore my Brachypelma klaasi girl, she is my favourite of the genus. I love my Brachypelma albopilosum too.

I adore all my Avicularia for their beauty and overall sweet natures, as well as being out where I can see them most often.

I love my dwarfs and my favourite at the moment is my Cyriocosmus giganteus.

I am also head over heels in love with my Bonnetina sp. Chamela

 

[mack1855]

Welcome..and you are free to start any thread you want,even if its been done before.
Poecilotheria.
Megaphobema.( please,oh please,let me find a M.peterklaasi before I go to the old folks home!).
You can go to any members gallery,and check out their pics at any time.There you can
see every ones spooder pictures.

 

[Gavhasacurly]

I'm a bit biased and a bit of a novice (T.-wise). I have a teeny baby B.Albo. Not because I wanted a cheap T. or a widely popular T. but just because I was dipping my toe in the tropical sling waters. I've kept and studied oodles of UK spiders (Pholicidae, dysderae, eratigena/tegenaria, dolomedes, amouris, the list goes on). But I really wanted to get a tropical species with low husbandry - even though I know Brachypelma Albo is a bit common in the hobby. What I will say is that as much as I'm fascinated by spiders and pretty much all inverts, my B.Albo sling has showed personality (I KNOW it's an invert and can't have that lol) but it is far more reactionary or behavioural than UK spiders I've studied. Most spiders I've had experience of are usually sat either in a web or in the same spot you last saw them. Yet a T. (90% of its time down a hole or hiding) you'll get up and have a look and it's moving some substrate or something. Other than Salticidae species, I've not encountered pre-meditated actions before in a spider, so for the moment, it's a toss up between Brachypelma Albopolisum and Jumping Spiders (yeah not a T. but intelligent little blighters), but I'm obviously yet to learn a lot. Spiders - got to love 'em!

 

[Minty]

Lampropelma violaceopes is by far my favourite species.

If I were to do a rough top 10 (the order and species in the top 10 could easily change depending on the day of the week), I'd go for:

1. Lampropelma violaceopes
2. Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
3. Poecilotheria striata
4. Chilobrachys sp. Vietnam blue
5. Brachypelma albopilosum (Nicaragua)
6. Pterinochilus murinus (Orange bob)
7. Grammostola pulchra
8. Poecilotheria subfusca LL
9. Poecilotheria metallica
10. Lampropelma nigerrimum arboricola

 

[BoehmeiBabe]

Out of all T’s in the hobby, if I had to pick one favourite: Poecilotheria metallica

It’s blue (fave colour) and has the same name as my fave band.

Out of T’s I’ve owned: Brachypelma boehmei

I love the contrast of orange/red and black. My gal’s personality and behaviour was so interesting, I loved growing up with her as my first T.