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Message: <blockquote data-quote="meridannight" data-source="post: 220330" data-attributes="member: 39025">I do. Pteriochilus murinus. And I see plenty other guys do it as well. I don't know who GBB is, but probably a New World tarantula. I've only ever grown Old World species (with 2 exceptions), so I'm not very familiar with New World species.As for the dogs, the household dogs are all just one single species -- canis familiaris. It makes no sense to use the scientific name if the breed name is more specific. X) Same goes for cats. And you do use scientific names for birds. Common names for tarantulas are completely pointless.</blockquote>