If you...

[MalePinkToe]

Could only have ONE P... Which one do you choose ?

 

[Enn49]

It would have to be my P. metallica. She's beautiful, calm and always on display.

 

[Arachnoclown]

The iconic beauty Brachypelma smithi...not hamorii.
Jose Berrios photo...

 

[MalePinkToe]

Poecilotheria Brachypelma Smithi.....?
Please...Not another re-classification !

 

[Casey K.]

Poecilotheria highland- hands down.

 

[Phil]

Poecilotheria Metallica (colony). OK, colony is a bit if cheat but there is something magical about 5 or 6 shiny blue spiders in one place.

 

[m0lsx]

My A chalcodes, they are such a great character. When ever I take the lid of the enclosure they are up & ready to say hello, put your hand out to stop them leaving the enclosure in the wrong way & they are onto your hand. Mist the enclosure & make a noise on the plastic plants, they wack the h£ll out of the plant, in fact cause the plant to move for any other reason, or inadvertently touch them doing something & the plant gets whacked. But when it lifts it's front legs in a mock threat posture & it lowers them & walks towards you. Keep talking & gently touch it's front legs again & it's up the side & wanting to get out.

I still do not know if they are male or female, but they are one of only two T's that I have names for. The chalcodes is Hohokam as like their Sonoran desert predecessors, they know how to move substrate. And then there is Felicity, (Flick) my female T stirmi.

 

[testdasi]

+1 on P. metallica.

 

[timc]

I only do keep one pokie; rufilata. I’m happy with her. Big girl, beautiful. Not friendly.

 

[octanejunkie]

Are any spiders actually friendly?

 

[timc]

Are any spiders actually friendly?

Charlotte?

 

[octanejunkie]

My favorite P is my first, Pseudoclamoris gigas. However P. murinus comes a close second, until I own P. metallica...
I CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION

 

[Whitelightning777]

I'm still kicking myself for not getting P subfusca either highland or lowland.

 

[Casey K.]

I'm still kicking myself for not getting P subfusca either highland or lowland.

I can probably get some lowland. They're so damn expensive, though.

 

[WolfSpider]

I have a 6 inch subfusca female.....I'd love a male--but chances are poor in the States. Damn shortsighted over-regulated typical US bull****.

 

[Doozer]

Is there any chance of getting highlands. I would really like one.

 

[Casey K.]

Is there any chance of getting highlands. I would really like one.

Only legal way to obtain them is within your state.

 

[Doozer]

How about not so legal

 

[Doozer]

 

[WolfSpider]

There are interesting ways around the dumb laws (Sri Lankan Pokie vulnerability is due to habitat loss--not opportunists picking up a wild specimen), but just don't get caught. The fine is hefty. An illegal shipment was tagged in Florida recently and was eventually sent to multiple zoos after an investigation. The fine was $50,000 for each spider. OUCH.

In fact, it is because of the CB hobby that these beautiful arachnids alive and well. Leave it to the Feds to screw things up. God Bless Europe, Asia, and Australia. Their laws aren't so draconian.