Agressive Tarantula's

[pokiecollector]

What do you think is the 3 most agressive tarantula's ? just want to know other members opinions...i think usambra orange, skeleton tarantula, and cobalt blue...thanks...


jeff

[RichardDegville]

The politically correct term is defensive any how lol in my exp

1. Citharischius crawshayi aka king baboon

2. haplopelma sp vietnam

3. Pterinochilus murinus both momasa and usambara

[conway]

wouldnt Cerotagurys or however you spell it come into this? they look like a mean species...

[RichardDegville]

lol yeh Ceratogyrus sp are defensive but until you have owen these sp

1. Citharischius crawshayi aka king baboon

2. haplopelma sp vietnam

3. Pterinochilus murinus both momasa and usambara

many you havent seen a defensive tarantula lol

[8 leg wonder]

lol yeh Ceratogyrus sp are defensive but until you have owen these sp

1. Citharischius crawshayi aka king baboon

2. haplopelma sp vietnam

3. Pterinochilus murinus both momasa and usambara

many you havent seen a defensive tarantula lol

my vote exactly

[spidergoddess]

I've never seen so much as a threat display from my P. murinus Usambara. It's not like the majority of its species, I suppose. The most defensive (and scary) one I've got is Chilobrachys sp. Asian Smoky - that one jumps at me and bites anything I use to touch a leg for herding purposes. I've got C. brachycephalus, another one I wouldn't mess with unnecessarily, but so far it hasn't made my adrenaline rise much. Same as my P. murinus, it will calmly walk into the spidey-moving-pitcher when a leg is touched.

[The Juice]

From my experience I would say

Usambara
Cobalt Blue
Vietnamese/ Thailand Tiger
Skeleton

[Henry Kane]

In my experience, I don't think it could really be narrowed down to 3 species.
Inevitably you will find a species with a "sweetheart" reputation that will out threaten, slap, strike, hiss etc. (or at the very least, rival them) species with the nastiest reputations. On the same coin, you may find one of the reputedly nasty species that may be calm or even docile.
In any such case, an individual hobbyist may be inclined to say "My N. monochromatus is one of my 3 nastiest species." But that sp. will probably not even be listed by it's average reputation.
Anyhow, on average you can narrow it down but just keep in mind that a species' overall reputation definitely does not apply to every single specimen in that bracket.

Take care.

Atrax

[cichlidsman]

From my experience I would say

Usambara
Cobalt Blue
Vietnamese/ Thailand Tiger
Skeleton

this is a good selction. i have a h.lividum and i would'en touch it.

[Greg Wolfe]

Alot of T's can be nasty if they feel threatened, but in my experience I would say Usambara Baboon, H Lividum and Theraphosa apophysis.

[Juraviel]

First of all I say Hello to all, I;m First time here, so what about question:
*H.Lividium
*P. Murinus
*T.Blondi

[Juraviel]

From my experience I would say

Usambara
Cobalt Blue
Vietnamese/ Thailand Tiger
Skeleton

Skeleton ? I didn't ever see this spider,maybe i know some another name of this spider,Could You tell me or show this spider?

[The Juice]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/show...light=skeleton The Scientific name is E. Murinus

[TheEternal]

On the same coin, you may find one of the reputedly nasty species that may be calm or even docile.

Exactly! I have to have the worlds most docile E. murinus

My vote goes for:
1) Stromotopelma calceatum
2) Pterinochilus murinus
3) Nhandu chromatus (this may just be mine acting this way)

-Bryan

[TRowe]

I dunno... I think there's room on the top 3 for at least one Poecilotheria species. Hmmm... maybe even Hysterocrates gigas. This is a tough one. I definitely agree with the Pterinochilus sp., though.

Tim