What is everyone's most favorite New World species?

[SullivanC]

I personally love all the species but just curious what is everyone else's reply will be

 

[tarantulasforsale.uk]

P. irminia

 

[SullivanC]

P. irminia

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Irminia are great yeah I love the pattern on their leg and abdomen as well as the shiny black color

 

[Enn49]

I have too many favourites for different reasons. Here's just a few.

Tliltocatl albopilosum - for personality
Pamphobeteus sp. machala - for colours
Grammostola pulchra - for that glorious glossy black

 

[TarantulaHawk687]

I'm gonna say C. cyaneopubescens & A. geniculata/N. chromatus (pretty close between those latter two, though I might have to give the Genic a slight edge).

 

[Spiders&Snakes]

C. versicolor

 

[SullivanC]

I have too many favourites for different reasons. Here's just a few.

Tliltocatl albopilosum - for personality
Pamphobeteus sp. machala - for colours
Grammostola pulchra - for that glorious glossy black

I love all those too very beautiful species

 

[SullivanC]

I'm gonna say C. cyaneopubescens & A. geniculata/N. chromatus (pretty close between those latter two, though I might have to give the Genic a slight edge).

Those are very beautiful species too

 

[SullivanC]

C. versicolor

I love versicolor too they are great arboreal and make good webbing

 

[m0lsx]

Several & for different reasons.
Chaetopelma olivaceum, sometimes called the European Tarantula. So few seem to bother with this beauty.
Brachypelma albiceps. These are beautiful in their adult colours.
Lasiodora parahybana. Big beautiful & sadly much undervalued in the hobby.

 

[mrsoul1974]

I personally love all the species but just curious what is everyone else's reply will be

Me too, but I am partial too the GBB and Brazilian Black.

 

[TarantulaHawk687]

Me too, but I am partial too the GBB and Brazilian Black.

I wish the Brazilian Black wasn't so slow growing, otherwise I'd take it under consideration as one of my first Ts. If I could find a sub adult or adult female maybe, though they seem few and far between (and expensive).

 

[Sorafromkh2]

I personally love all the species but just curious what is everyone else's reply will be

Probably Chilean flame or c versicolor, although I've never had a new world I got an old world as my first (I know I what you're thinking I must hate myself lol)

 

[TarantulaHawk687]

Probably Chilean flame or c versicolor, although I've never had a new world I got an old world as my first (I know I what you're thinking I must hate myself lol)

What old world did you get? There are some old worlds that make good beginner Ts (C. darlingi/marshalli, H. pulchripes & M. balfouri are a few good ones) and some people can only own OW species cause their reactions to urticating setae are so unbelievably bad (although that typically isn't the case). However, I'd say probably the majority of OW species fall into the intermediate or even advanced category (H. maculata, S. calceatum, P. murinus & Pokies are a few examples).

 

[DustyD]

I wish the Brazilian Black wasn't so slow growing, otherwise I'd take it under consideration as one of my first Ts. If I could find a sub adult or adult female maybe, though they seem few and far between (and expensive).

Ah, but you are missing out on so much fun. The smaller ones have been more active in chasing food. And they take up less room. My sub adults are beautiful but mostly inactive.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Brachypelma smithi

 

[arachbiodude]

Brazilian White Knee.

 

[paulcfc]

Any Brachy!

 

[PanzoN88]

P. cancerides (best large species)

T. schroederi (best eater)

H. chilensis (who doesn’t like them?)

Aphonopelma vorhiesi (underrated)

P. cambridgei (my favorite arboreal)

T. albopilosus (my first, therefore overall favorite)