Augacephalus ezendami vs Stromatopelma calceatum

[meridannight]

I'm gonna add a couple of new tarantulas to my collection this summer. I've been wanting a Stromatopelma calceatum for a while now, and I think I'll get it. But an Augacephalus ezendami also caught my eye, when it became available from where I order from. I definitely don't want both S. calceatum and A. ezendami. They look somewhat similar, so I'm only gonna go for one of them. I'm strongly leaning towards S. calceatum, for aesthetic reasons mainly.

Thought I'd ask what others' experience with these has been.

I'm also considering Lampropelma nigerrimum, and Poecilotheria subfusca lowland in addition to calceatum/ezendami.

 

[PanzoN88]

Augacephalus in general are hard to come by nowadays it seems. I have never raised ezendami before, but I did have a breyeri at one time. Cool genus. Can’t really say much more since I’ve never raised S. calceatum either.

 

[Solis]

Your rarely going to see either… I have both species and i rarely see either.. but if I had to choose again, I’d go with the Aug… prettier imo and they make cool burrows…

 

[meridannight]

I don't mind pet holes. All the more precious when they do show themselves.

I've read about the interesting burrows of the A. ezendami. That is one of the reasons I might prefer it over Stromatopelma.