New tarantulas today: 2 x P. metallica's, M. balfouri, X. immanis and some other's...

[Boanerges]

Okay, I am getting some new tarantula's today. So far I only got my Monocentropus balfouri. She/he was not in the mood to be messed with and was throwing up threat poses when I opened the vial he/she came in so I have not got any pics yet. I was not in the mood to mess with her and she was not in the mood to be messed with so her vial is in her new container and she can come out when she is ready - lol. It is just a sling so it is still gray. If you do not know what a Monocentropus balfouri is google them because the adults are beautiful

I am still waiting on my:
2 - Poecilotheria metallica's (If you do not know what these look like google them and check out what the adults look like.)
1 - Xenesthis immanis (If you do not know what these look like google them and check out what the adults look like.)
1 - Avicularia metallica
1 - Grammostola rosea (Red Phase)
1 - Grammostola pulchripes (Chaco Golden Knee)
1 - Aphonopelma hentzi
These are all slings though so none of them have their nice adult colors yet

And tomorrow I have these two slings coming:
1 - Brachypelma klaasi
1 - Brachypelma auratum

I also got these slings that I not posted pics of yet. But they don't look very special because they are not showing their adult colors yet either:
Brachypelma emilia
Brachypelma smithi
Brachypelma boehmei

So my tarantula collection is growing again. Slowly but surely. Everyone expect a ton of guess the sex games in the future because none of these are sexed yet - lol!!!

[Valentine Pirate]

Googled some of those and they look SWEET! Growing up with arachnophobic parents has made me a little nervous around tarantulas, and I don't know if I could keep them, but they are so pretty! Maybe someday when I've hurdled scorpions

[spartybassoon]

Wow, those are some nice T's you've got coming in! Good luck with them! You should pick up an A. fasciculata while you're at it!

[Boanerges]

Googled some of those and they look SWEET! Growing up with arachnophobic parents has made me a little nervous around tarantulas, and I don't know if I could keep them, but they are so pretty! Maybe someday when I've hurdled scorpions

Thanks!!! You just need to pick up a real docile tarantula and I bet you will get over your fear real fast!!!

Wow, those are some nice T's you've got coming in! Good luck with them! You should pick up an A. fasciculata while you're at it!

Thanks!! I think the A. fasciculata's name is now A. diversipes and I picked one of them up a couple of weeks ago



All my tarantulas are now here and I did get pics of all of them including the M. balfouri (I got him/her out). I need to see how all the pics came out and I will upload them on this thread tonight...

[Boanerges]

Xenesthis immanis, Sorry for the bad pic. The adults are really beautiful. Especially when the males mature. The adults are so big (9" roughly) that the babies are huge when born. This one is like an 1.5". You figure most spiderlings are born at 1/4" to a 1/2" these are big babies.



Monocentropus balfouri


Poecilotheria metallica


Grammostola rosea (Red Phase)


Grammostola pulchripes (Chaco Golden Knee)


Aphonopelma hentzi


Avicularia metallica

[Boanerges]

Here is my little 1/2" B. boehmei


Brachypelm smithi


Avicularia minatrix sling molting

[Valentine Pirate]

Love the Avicularia minatrix moulting pic And I've been reading up since I last posted, might consider getting B. boehmei or Grammostola pulchra. The colors on A. versicolor are amazing, and they seem pretty docile, but I'm a little leery of getting an arboreal off the bat xD

[Boanerges]

Love the Avicularia minatrix moulting pic And I've been reading up since I last posted, might consider getting B. boehmei or Grammostola pulchra. The colors on A. versicolor are amazing, and they seem pretty docile, but I'm a little leery of getting an arboreal off the bat xD

Between the B. boehmei or G. pulchra for your first T I would personally recommend the G. pulchra. B. boehmei's are VERY beautiful but they are well known to be quite skittish and big time hair kickers. The majority of G. pulchra's on the other hand are sweet hearts.

[Valentine Pirate]

Between the B. boehmei or G. pulchra for your first T I would personally recommend the G. pulchra. B. boehmei's are VERY beautiful but they are well known to be quite skittish and big time hair kickers. The majority of G. pulchra's on the other hand are sweet hearts.

Haha, so it seems. I'll take your word for it, plus most of the reading I've done has said that G. pulchra is the ideal tarantula for beginners annyway. I'd like something colorful, but I'd rather get a T I can accimilate myself to without having a heart attack It'll be interesting

[spartybassoon]

@Boanerges - oops about the name! I haven't kept T's for a while, and their names change often. I take it that G. aureostriata is now G. pulchripes? Beautiful Avics! My favorite genus!

@Valentine Pirate - I think that arboreal T's would be fine for beginners. Both terrestrial and arboreal T's are capable of very quick bursts of speed, in fact some of the Pamphobeteus are incredibly fast. Also, most arboreal T's grow very fast and will mature within a few years whereas if you get any Brachypelma or Grammostola, you will be waiting nearly a decade for that thing to be full grown. However, the species within those two genus are very beautiful!

I guess I'm biased towards arboreals since that what I used to keep the most, but when compared to reptiles, most T's would be okay for beginners. Just avoid any that have more significant venom, like Poecilotheria sp, H. maculata, or P. murinus (though they are fine spiders, you should be aware of their speed and attitude, esp. P. murinus!) until you are more comfortable dealing with quick bugs.