Eresidae Life span?

[Royalty]

I bought an unsexed velvet spider earlier this year and it seems to have molted out into a mature male. I am not sure how long I will have left with it. It no longer seems to have much of an appetite.

 

[ReignofInvertebrates]

Mature males don’t really eat much from my experience. I loaned mine off as soon as he matured to make sure he could be of use. Otherwise I’d expect another 3-4 months at most.

 

[Royalty]

Mature males don’t really eat much from my experience. I loaned mine off as soon as he matured to make sure he could be of use. Otherwise I’d expect another 3-4 months at most.

I would, but I am in Canada. It is a bit harder to find things like that.

 

[wizentrop]

Where are you in Canada and which species? I have adult females of Eresus kollari that I would love to pair.
Otherwise, yes - males live for about 3 months.

 

[Royalty]

Where are you in Canada and which species? I have adult females of Eresus kollari that I would love to pair.
Otherwise, yes - males live for about 3 months.

Mine is sp. Gandanameno . He is still so small. He did eat today. I put in two smallish crickets and he ate the bigger one.

 

[wizentrop]

Ah I see. I've only kept Eresus species. If he's an adult male he will stay this size.

 

[Royalty]

Ah I see. I've only kept Eresus species. If he's an adult male he will stay this size.

If you do manage to bred some, I would be interested in buying I really love all varieties of the "velvet" spiders.

 

[wizentrop]

Well... I don't see that happening anytime soon. Despite having experience in breeding this genus, I had a male that failed in mating (it happens), then a friend of mine had a male that died a couple of weeks after maturing, and then another male showed up but the keeper refused to sell it to me, and decided to keep it until its death. That was a while ago, I believe there are no more males of E. kollari in Canada. But who knows what the future holds, at least the females can live for many years.