~~Here be spooders!!!!~~ ( and other critters!!)

[ChikaInu]

So pretty though!

 

[AntiqueB]

She's pretty!

 

[StinkyAcres]

So pretty though!
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Very! How old is she?

 

[ChikaInu]

Very! How old is she?

Oh, coming up to a year I think! I have three of these peaches and this is the largest. Still has plenty of growing to do.

 

[AntiqueB]

How long do they live for?

 

[ChikaInu]

How long do they live for?

If I am lucky enough and it is a female, around ten years. The males, as with many tarantula species will reach sexual maturity and then it is just a matter of counting down. Maybe four years or so.

 

[ChikaInu]

There are species know to live past thirty years though.

 

[AntiqueB]

I didn't realize females lived so long! Do they keep growing until they die?

 

[ChikaInu]

I didn't realize females lived so long! Do they keep growing until they die?

Yes and no. The molts will come further and further apart as they grow older, and often it is a final molt/trying for a final molt that will make them pass away in the end. Different species will "max out" at different sizes.
You get some true giants though!
I have three Lasiodora species and they are big boys and girls. None of mine are fully grown but still pretty impressive!

The tripepii will max out around 17cm (~6.7inches?) diagonal legspan.

 

[ChikaInu]

This is my Lasiodora klugi, Athiri. She is around three years old in this photo taken after her last molt in October last year, and she is not fully grown yet.
I adore the Lasiodoras! Hungry, healthy beasts they are!