Top 10 Favorite New World Tarantulas 

Man I really appreciate Toms love for this hobby, it is encouraging.

Such a incredible tarantulas. I love this video. I know how hard this video must have been to do. I always feel like a learn something every time I watch your videos. Differently several going on my list. Thank you for doing this video.

Great vid as always Tom! You inspire me to expand my collection every day:)) I also started out as an arachnophobe...still working on completely getting over it haha. Keep up the great work!

Praise the sun bro. Love the vids man. Just started getting into the hobby myself and am literally binge watching all your videos. Keep up the great work brother.

I love this channel soo much and never run out of content where I've watched some videos 10X over before I've even watched them all.

I KNEW that P. sp. green femur would be your #1! 😊😊 They're fantastic T's, aren't they? Thank you so much for posting this video today. It was just what I needed to make my Saturday brighter.

Such a solid video. I adore your videos! Evergreen content ❤

really good video tom. i think my # 1 um is B.vagans. i just love the coloring of the red and black.

Almost like a christmas spider! lol. I like watching your videos and also the guides on RU-vid and on your website so much. They are so educative and I really appreciate that you share so much knowledge with us. I´d give you tons of thumbs up and subscriptions if I only could. Please keep doing what you doing! I know you can´t buy something from it, but you are the reason why I feel educated enough to get my very own Tarantula pet. Hopefully this channel is growing a lot more because in my opinion you really deserve it!

Hey Tom!!!!! Awesome vid as always!! Also first! Three of my favorite NW t's are GBB, A. geniculata, and C. versicolor. Amazing spiders.

Awesome vid Tom!!! Watching your video's pushed me into the hobby my self and i just received my 1st two slings this week. Glad to see your adult Hamorii on this list. It makes me eager for the day mine is that size. Thanks for all your information :)

hey tom.. Very nice video, as usual keep them coming!

Nice Motionless in White hoodie you got there Tom. Good to see a fellow fan. Also I want to tell you I've noticed you try hard to respond to everybody that comments on your videos and I just want to tell you how cool it is , actually getting to interact with a content creator such as yourself. I mean i'm from South Africa and I'm talking to you all the way over in North America. Feels great.

Fantastic list Tom. Glad you added the "runner up" portion! Way too tough to narrow them down to just 10 lol. Those P. Cambridgei are a gem for sure!

Another great video Tom.

Awesome mate as usual!

Was surprised to see that Euathlus parvulus didn't make an appearance! I know you've expressed a lot of love for the species ;) My condolences about your female, by the way. I recently picked one up from Anastasia at the show in White Plains (I'd seen her at the previous show and was really regretting missing out on her--I emailed Anastasia afterwards and then a month later she got back to me saying she still had her but had packed he away in the "soon to molt" area of her T room! So I picked her up the next day 😁). Thank you for introducing me to the beauty of the species, by the way. Very underrated. I'm totally in love with my little Lillian already, and I probably never would have picked her up if not for your videos and blog posts!

So happy to see another faves vid! I love the G. pulchripes, B. albopilosum, B. vagans, and B. auratum. And Euathlus sp. red, of which I have two teeny slings. I don't know if I could pick a favorite, either! Now after watching this, I think my next T will be N. tripepei. . . I have a thing for fluffy Ts.

#4 is like a spider dog the way you threw that cricket and it caught it lol omg perfect

Some beautiful Tarantulas there Tom you have a few I want your Stirmi looks gorgeous ☺

Hey Tom! Awesome video, just enjoying my one day off and catching up on some "fun" videos. Totally agree with you on the G. iheringi, I love those guys so much, they are super pretty and I just love the name "iheringi" and "Entre Rios". Bumba horrida still kinda freak me out, they are beautiful but too true-spider like. I love Theraphosa but I'm unfortunately quite sensitive to their hairs and while I've never been haired by the spider I had an incident with a moult lol. Filling the void for "Giant spider" with my L. carpenteri and O. violaceopes :) They won't hair me 😂 Here is my list, the first 3 are in order and everything after that is kinda wibbly wobbly. I put "and genus" because I could easily fill the entire list with species from these genera. I know I'm going to have a MUCH harder time doing the Old World list... 1. Ephebopus murinus + Ephebopus genus- TOTALLY underrated, best genus ever. Super chill spiders and very visible in my experience (that is, if you go in with a red flashlight at night, they will be hanging out of their burrows). Absolutely beautiful from slings to adults, I have E. murinus, cyanognathus, uatuman, and rufescens and they're all awesome hunters, I've never been kicked at, and they are just all around great spiders. I was SO excited when you got all those slings!!! 2. Sericopelma sp. Santa Catalina- saw my first barrel roll the other night, I dropped in a cricket I thought was too large and before I could fish it out she shot out from under the plant and jumped on it, wrestled it down, and ended up on her back. I *love* this spider! I cannot wait to see what colours it picks up! Beautiful sling too, another spider that is beautiful as slings and adults! 3. Typhochlaena seladonia + Typhochlaena genus- What can I say, they are beautiful and super unique. They're also apparently very gentle with the males which makes sense given how small their sacs are. The trapdoor behaviour is just so cool and unique and of course they are STUNNING! 4. Megaphobema robustum- beautiful spider, gives you the look of a Brachy x Phormictopus without the Brachy growth rate. In my experience they pick up the adult colours super early on, which is awesome. 5. Acanthoscurria geniculata + Acanthoscurria genus- Wow I love Acanthoscurria so much, they have some extremely beautiful species! Tom Patterson has a few and I almost placed an order but working on limiting the BIG t's til I clear out some of these males... 6. Nhandu tripepii + Nhandu genus- I don't yet have a tripepii but it's top of my wishlist right now. I just love the story about your chromatus beheading crickets, and having heard you and many others describe this genus as "kooky" or "whacky" I figured I had to grab them up! 7. Psalmopoeus irminia- Beautiful spider, mine is super weird and likes to lounge on her back in a plastic flower, yes she has done this on multiple occasions. I love Psalmos, this one could also be victori, they are both gorgeous! 8. Thrixopelma ockerti + Thrixopelma genus- Just picked up a T. ockerti and I already love it despite it hairing me every time I go in to do maintenance, lol. I am absolutely loving it, incredible hunter, super unique look as a sling, really beautiful colouration and patterning. 9. Agnostopelma tota and Tmesiphantes obesus- barely in the hobby, I think Joe Rossi had them a while back (A. tota) and I don't think T. obesus is in the hobby at all, but they are SO CUTE and SO ROUND I just cannot NOT love them! Dude they are SO ROUND. I suggest the name Agnostopelma nickiminiaji (with love to Nicki your A. chalcodes) 10. Antikuna sp.- these are very new to the hobby I think they have a few of them in Europe though. Check out Antikuna cyanofemur and Antikuna valladaresi, they are absolutely amazing! All I really know is that they are from high altitudes in South America, but I am hoping we will start to establish them over here! Already had to come back and edit this cause I realised I forgot my Tliltocatl verdezi! She is an ABSOLUTE sweetheart and she's definitely a pet rock but for some reason I'm particularly enamoured with her even though I usually prefer fossorials or arboreals. My boss received her as a freebie with a P. metallica and he didn't want her so he gave her to me and she was still a tiny brown sling, he didn't remember what she was so I just took it and did my best. Since then, she's grown up into a beautiful fluffy female, and sometimes it's like "hey girl I was rejected a lot too don't worry" she's just such a beautiful specimen. I have her in a beautiful front opening enclosure with lighting and (hopefully soon) a pothos. Love that girl so much, she's basically my version of "The Queen" Awesome video Tom, keep up the awesome work! - Charlotte

man, you hit the bullseye with this intro . i still enjoy it lol.

I was really concerned there when you didn't mention any Phormictopus for so long, lol Also for me any list would have to include G. pulchra (so pretty!), A. geniculata (I like the look of the black carapace more than the bright one of N. chromatus) and P. irminia (just so elegant, not even pokies can beat that). Oh, and AWESOME SHIRT! Praise the sun! \[T]/

Hey bud! Nice video as always my friend

Great video as always. I also go back & forth with trying to pick favourites. I hope you can make a video in the future of the Phormictopus genus. I recently bought 2 i think they are auratus but were sold as platus witch is bogus according to arachnoboards. They are feeding machines & always out in the open. They are about 2-2 1/4". Love them. If i can get more Phormictopus sp. I most definitely will. Take care buddy. 🤗🕷🕸🇸🇪

Great video Tom, that "small as hell" versicolor i have just molted :)

Thanks to you and @TheDarkDen I've overcome my fear of spiders enough to get one. B. Vagans, an absolutely adorable female who is slowly winning the hearts & minds of my co-workers. A few of them are scared of spiders as well and they love having her around. I've had Rattlesnakes, etc but never considered T's until coming across you channel and his. Now I feel like I had been missing out on something amazing :) Keep up the amazing work! Cheers from Colorado!

Don't know how you put this together. You're very brave I must say LOL. Personally I love Pinktoes. They have a soft spot in my heart as it is how I began to take the hobby seriously. :)

I'd have to say my all time favorite NW would be the P. Irminia. Seeing as I have five of them in my own small collection. I do want a cambridgie though, I like that olive green. But I can never get over seeing my big beautiful irminia with her bright orange lightning bolt on her legs and the tiger stripes all on a Stark black body. Plus mine will literally jump at her prey haha. Great list tom! Honestly I think I'd be just as bad on deciding which ones would be on the list lol.

Love this list! There are a lot of species on here i hadnt even thought about. 😁 My 'want list' is growing....

Great list, although it’s likely completely changed since you posted lol. I love the ease of maintenance of some of the terrestrial New Worlds and over the years have begun to focus more on them-especially Brachypelma, Grammostola, and Aphonopelma. I guess my number one would possibly be Brachypelma klaasi. Love B. schroederi also. And you can’t go wrong with Grammostola pulchra. Yep, Theraphosa stirmi rates high. I’m raising a Homoeomma chilensis sling and can’t wait for adult coloring. I know I’ll love it too. Again, great list, Tom!

awesome video bro! think you should go for your favourite top 50 new world tarantulas! that would be really cool! I'm back in hospital with my son

That's an great list Tom, I think I agree on a lot of them, though I myself like the Cancerides the ost in the phormictopus genus haha and I would have to squeez in Davus pentaloris somewhere (probably for the b. cabocla but only since I havent been able to find one here in the netherlands. and you are right about the Theraphosa they arent hard to take care of, I have a Blondi that I got as a first instar and she is about 3`3,5 inch now she is a bit skittish but she already calmed down some after her last molt. great video, like it! (hope you can understand everything I wrote, probably made lots of spelling mistakes haha)

That t-shirt is makes me want to praise the sun \[T]/

B. hamorii and T. stirmi are currently my first two (and only) Ts that I own and once I move out of the house (I'm only 15 now) I'll be expanding the collection starting with the Phormictopus sp. "Green Femur", such a beautiful T even with or without the green. Well done Tom!

I just want all of the Brachys

All are such beautiful Ts😍 my favorite would be E. Murinus aka skeleton tarantula. The transformation they go through from sling to adult is gorgeous they are just flat out gorgeous. But so are SOOO many Ts.

I couldnt agree more! Great list!

P. Cambridgei is also one of my favorite Arboreal species. (Had a few Aviucularias and Poecilotherias as well, but I liked it more) My female was pretty calm, non-aggressive , but sometimes she would teleport for 20 cms. If spooked they are very skittish and incredibly fast. The green and the orange from the feet are amazing once they grow.

Hey Tom! Recently found your channel and just subbed because I wanted to let you know I think your content is great. Also praise it \[T]/

Such a great list. There's so many great Ts. I'd have added A. chalcodes just because they're so calm and happy to be out exploring. But I haven't kept that many and my list would still change weekly,

I'm up to 32 Ts now, and feeling a bit overwhelmed. I can't imagine having 150 and keeping track of everything! Nice list.

Great list!

Praise the sun! ...and the Ts :3 Thank you very much for this video. I will definitly pick up a Bumba Cabocla ASAP. They are gorgious!

Agree with your list, many of those are myfavourite too. Very hard to make those kinds of lists. But i must include Ephebopus murinus on my top 5 NW. Fantastic spider, that reminds me of an OW in temperament and lifestyle, besidesthey are amazing looking!

Love your Dark Souls shirt!

Great video and yes it's hard to pick your best 10. What do you think about the Grammostola pulchra

Well, somehow I ended up here. I don’t know a thing about tarantulas. You made this so interesting and I think it must be very cool raising these gorgeous creatures. Cong!

Great video! an amazing t-shirt, Praise the sun

I agree hamorii are a beautiful beginner. Their looks are what got me considering keeping a tarantula in the first place

Praise the sun... Loving the T-shirt Tom...

Nhandu tripepii...(learned a new spider species)..gorgeous species. Your spider room looks awesome!

My favorite is stuck between the Brazilan Fiery Heiny and the Greenbottle Blue tarantulas. Both are so beautiful!!

I also love my Chaco Gold Knees. I have 2. One is a digger. One just hangs out. Very cool T's.

I have two Psalmopoeus cambridgei and I love them. My first is about 3 inches now and very docile. The second hides all the time.

TBH, I wouldn’t mind watching a top 50 video. Even if the video turned out to be an hour long, some species really need more spotlight and information(based off experience) on these magnificent creatures.

My #1 fav tarantula is the Green Bottle Blue there just so beautiful. I'm getting one soon!😻

The big new world terrestrials have always fascinated me. For my money there's nothing like a big theraphosa. The huge carapace looks so cool. I'd have to go t. Stirmi for #1 all the way. And they look like they're covered in velvet. Just the coolest

Beautiful! I agree it's an amazing experience, touching a tarantula for the first time when you're an arachnophobe! I had my first experience a few weeks ago with a very sweet Brachypelma Albopilosum in the pet shop. I didn't get to hold her, she declined my offered hand but she was a beautiful girl, surprisingly soft and very gentle! I'm seriously considering getting one, but learning as much as I can first so I get it right!

One of my regular sources has a female N. tripepii for a good price and I've almost bought her twice. Love the list!

You forgot Grammostola Pulchra!!! I just got into the hobby myself. I got 3 slings from Fear Not - G Pulchra (quirogai), and then later picked up a Caribena Versicolor and Aphonopelma Mooreae.

Excellent list! Speaking of dwarf sp., do you ever come by Paraphysa sp.? I used to own a few back in the day, "Chilean Copper" etc... but they seem to have vanished from the trade. And again nice hoodie! I will see them live 10/30 here in VA.

Great videos Tom. I’m brand new to the hobby. Really looking and researching to get a T. One question. I have a dog and two cats. Do you think if I put a T in living room it will not be stressed or should it be in its own room? Wanna do what’s best for it. How are they around other pets? Thanks so much. Keep the info coming. Best Craig

Praise the sun! Great video by the way.

Gorgeous. I couldn't make a top 10 I commend you for this. I couldn't do it.

I try not to play favorites, but my Euthalus sp red is definitely my fave. She is a sweetheart.

Definitely helped me get first few species.

I agree it's almost impossible to list them in order but I have to say mine is my A Variegata just because of the size/hair/colour and it was my first ever sling and a labour of love (as they all are). Great list! I love Phormictopus as you know (in fact I blame you and Daves Scott). Interestingly my Atrichomatus has just turned bitey. The others are ok (well the Cancerides has always been a bit flighty and I have to watch where i drop the prey and the tongs etc. Attacks water droplets the silly sausage).

you're the guy who does Tom's big spiders information web pages on the internet, oh my gosh thank you so much, I've learned so much from you, you're one of the guys that helped me get into the trantula Hobby, my number one favorite new world Tarantula is definitely the theraphosa stirmi, I just bought a wild-caught one and it is such a ferocious eater. I think I'm going to start buying wild-caught ones from now on because they're so much more Wilder and healthier it seems like.

My fave as you know is the GBB. Some don't love them because they hair. But they are the prettiest of all the New World T's.

Nice list. Some of my favorites as well. Can I ask, what do you use for substrate? I like that it has a nice natural look as opposed to the coconut fiber that I've been using for a while now. Thanks!

Trinidad Olive Tarantula and Venezuelan Suntiger Tarantula are two of my favorites as well as the Salmon Pink Birdeater.

Hey Tom don't beat yourself up there are plenty of Ts it's hard to pick just one to place in the # 1 spot and great video

My favourite is the Paraph...Euathlus parvulus ^^ or at least it would be but I got sent a scrofa instead when I ordered one 2 years ago so my fav is Pa..Phrixotrichus scrofa instead XD have had A. avic, C. fasciatum, N. chromatus, P. cambridgei, A. seemani, C. cyaneopubescens, red clawed scorpion, vinegaroons, millipedes. Vinegaroons are awesome too and the Cyclo... Davus fasciatus was pretty cute too but was starting to get a bit feisty before I gave her and most of the others away

Hi tom love the vids and the channel. And was wondering if you know where to get a sling/juvenile Caribena versicolor online seeing as you have one, I can't seem to find them anywhere I've even look on your recommended websites so just wondering if you can help

My top ones in my collection.. is my versicolor, n. Chromatis, Rosie and my PZB...same here I started because I had Arachniphobia...

I love watching these videos of what species and genus are people's favourites, I'd like to see the videos of people's least favourites. weather its from bad experience with them or their pure aggression or just plain simple do nothing T' s.

Great video, but in very surprised you don't have the Brazilian Black on your top list.... Still, a very impressive and informative video.

Awesome, you have some Ts that I've never even heard of. Very nice. I'm a pleb as u can tell

I didn't know you used to be an arachnophobe. Pretty cool to see you go from being afraid of spiders to running one of the best T info sites and having this huge collection. I would say my spider fear has gotten better since I've been obsessed with researching Ts, but it's kind of inspiring for people like me to know that you can overcome the fear to the point of owning a crapload of old worlds. I am smittin with your P Antinous, would you rate them as an ok beginner's species?

Maybe I will do a top ten new world video too. Great work, and I agree with most. I am.not a Theraphosa fan but do like watching them eat.

Would have put the Phormictopus Auratus and the Brachypelma Auratum on here as well:D The ybyrapora Diversipes is also a gem that would have deserved a spot on here

Very nice video as I am a beginner. Question: Is it alright to allow partial sun exposure into an enclosure or don't T's like that? My Jumpers are like, "YES! YES!" But I was thinking T's like it mainly dark. Didn't know if the sun would have something beneficial they may need.

Your T's are just breath taking. I am an arachnophobic however just recently my grandson talked me into catching a wolf spider and setting up an enclosure for it. I have enjoyed caring for the spider. It molted a couple weeks ago and that was awesome to see. My fear of spiders is still there but not as strong as before. I don't ever see myself handling any spider. I am thinking about getting a tarantula. I really like the pumpkin patch T. Is this a good T to start out with?

Hey Tom, do u find that T's molts r sped up with temp? My scorps started to molt so much faster with a 5 degree increase in temp. Its been almost 30 yrs since I had T's and am considering getting back into them again.

Everyone has there favorite its usually the one that makes you most happy and less irritated

Great video tom hope alls well with u i have 6 tarantulas now and looking for a 7th i was thinking of the t stirmi and im not clued up on them wen it comes to having one how often would i mist the tank ect any help would be much appreciated

My fav is Mexican tiger rump.A beautiful terrestrial species,it’s one of the most calmest T’s out there I’ve handle it before and dosent mind.

Also funny you mention leggy Grammastola because i didn’t pick up on my Pulcra or Pulchripes premolt but my Roses has a butt like a tick! She’s practically waddling and extremely shiny. I’m predicting molt incoming.

My top 15 of my spiders: 1. Psalmopoeus irminia 2. Theraphosa stirmi 3. Ephebopus murinus 4. Nhandu chromatus 5. Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 6. Hapalopus sp. Colombia Large 7. Psalmopoeus cambridgei 8. Brachypelma albopilosum Nicaragua 9. Nhandu tripepii 10. Acanthoscurria geniculata 10. Lasiodora parahybana 12. Brachypelma hamorii 13. Caribena versicolor 14. Pterinopelma sazimai 15. Theraphosidae sp. Cuzco Dream tarantulas: Theraphosa blondi Pamphobeteus antonius Epheopus cyanognatus mfl.

I got a Brachiopelma boehmei a while ago. She did kick hairs and run for the first month or so, now when i pick her enclosure up she slowly emerges and sits there while i talk to her and tell her i love her. I think any T can have a good personality. I also have a wild caught aphonapelma hentzi and a chromatopelma cyaneopubescens now. This is a hobby where 1+1=11 lol

My favorite always be Arizona Blond,simply chill,shy and cute spider.

I def have to say my favs are Caribena Versicolor, GBB, and Grammostola Pulchra

Your Antilles Pinktoe was robbed of the crown!😭

Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens isn't on your list? Love the way they web everything up!

Great list, Tom! But, why, oh, why, isn't Aphonopelma chalcodes on this list??? I can't overstate how underrated they are. Actually ALL Aphonopelma are. LOL,

Top 20, at least lol. Awesome video

The Entre Rios is definitely underrated, granted it's a little newer in the hobby. Really unique for a grammo. And no joke on the appetite, mine is a straight consumption machine

Love em all ! 🕷💜💜🕷

So, I'm currently considering getting my first tarantula and been scouring the internet (youtube in particular) for information and I get how hard it must be to discriminate between all these wonderful creatures. From all the information I've gathered I've been able to narrow my favorite down to the genus Brachypelma as they seem to have it all (personality, looks, availability, and are easy to keep) but I do love that orange color so my primary candidates are b.auratum, b. hamorii, b. boehmei, and that's how far I've managed to get.