Survival rate of P. audax? (bold jumper)

Ritzman

Arachnobaron
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I recently captured a gravid P.audax and she did her thing and produced alot of lil guys while in my care. They stayed in the nest for awhile and slowly started to spread outwards after the first molt (maybe second).Then they were wandering all over the tank so I recently let them go along with the mother. My question is, does anybody know the survival rate of the jumper? How many will reach adulthood and be able to mate to produce offspring of there own? Just curious, wondering if i helped them in any way at all by letting them hatch (and grow just a wee bit) in captivity.

(They had 1 maybe 2 meals in my care fyi)

This is one of my favorite spiders. Who doesn't like green fangs:) ?
 

crpy

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The attrition rate is high like most wild broods, maybe 1-2% will survive but I dont have any statistical data on it.

P.audax is cool and we have P.regalis here as well, I love the jumpers ,they seem very inquisitive.
 
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