Arboreal Longevity?

[Vys]

I was just wondering what the expected life-spans are for female versions of species of the familiar arboreal genuses; Psalmopeus, Avicularia, Tapinauchenius, Stromatopelma, Heteroscodra(remind me if I've forgotteny any), ?

I have heard ~10 years is normal for a female Avic, is this true for the rest as well perhaps?

Edit: Let's say in an average temperature of 25C, and feeding-schedule fitting in the broad 'normal' category.

 

[krucz36]

Vys: Nice Futurama reference! I also would have accepted "What, you want human?"

Whenever life expectancies come up I think of Stan Schultz's comment in the "Chilean rose care sheet" thread..."More then 10 years and less than 100".

I know a lot of posters have kept T's for a very long time...anyone had one from sling to adulthood to (as far as you can tell) death from old age? Man, just typing that sentence brought up a raft of reasons why you couldn't really do it...I mean, is there a spider vet you can take a T to who'll put his hand on your shoulder and say "It was just her time, son."

I get all ahead of myself don't I.

 

[Vys]

I guess that's mostly true. See, I share traits with Leonardo da Vinci too

Still, arboreals do tend to be shorter-lived, as I understand it, and there just might be enough material to make some sort of generalization? Some sort of trend should be distinguishable soon enough. Maybe in 20 years

Haha, yeah that's a good one too.

 

[MizM]

The expected life span of any T in the wild is unknown!

Life expectancy of captive Ts, however CAN be measured. I would ask Stan or maybe go the the ATS site and ask someone over there. You would have to have kept Ts for MANY years to be able to answer that question. Stan and Marguerite have 30+ years exp!

 

[Vys]

I guess. -
However, if you started like 10 years ago with say a hundred A.avicularia slings, that you all rised to adulthood in different conditions (as far as you were able to, though we assume you are good, let's say a former experimental psychologist?), then I think you'd see a trend. Due to some uncontrolled variable maybe, but maybe not. Especially if you had 12 cousins all over the world who did the same thing

 

[MizM]

Sure, you'd have a bunch of 10 year old tarantulas!=D But, what if they COULD live to 30.... you'd still have 20 years before the experiment was complete! I'm WAY too old to work on this one!!!!

 

[Crotalus]

you forgot Poecilotheria

8-10 years in captivity approx. No one mentioned are known to live 20 years, the long lived ts are Brachypelma and Aphonopelma
Slow growing species live longer then fast ones

/Lelle

 

[Vys]

Yeah, ok. I guess if you spend 4 - 5 months underground doing not very much every year as the cold hits, your metabolism is even slower than that of your relatives.

 

[Aviculariinae]

I was told 7 to 10 years at the most,but you could debate this for a long time,
all the best

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by MizM
Sure, you'd have a bunch of 10 year old tarantulas!=D But, what if they COULD live to 30.... you'd still have 20 years before the experiment was complete!

From what I know, you'd have a bunch of dead or nearly dead tarantulas. Female avics are reported in the 8-10 year range in captivity. I know none of the WC pinktoes from when I was a younger keeper ever lived more than 5 years in captivity.

The longest term captive I ever had was a B. smithi (not arboreal, I know) that I got as a WC juvenile (maybe about 2.5"). She survived more than 17 years before dying of old age.