ISO a trap door spider and information about life expectancy

[ZyklonG]

I have a Pelinobius Muticus tarantula and it's great, I think a real complimentary true-spider would be some kind of trapdoor spider. I'm looking for information relating to what anyone would think a great trapdoor species would be to keep and what their average life expectancy may be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[basin79]

I have a Pelinobius Muticus tarantula and it's great, I think a real complimentary true-spider would be some kind of trapdoor spider. I'm looking for information relating to what anyone would think a great trapdoor species would be to keep and what their average life expectancy may be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have you not considered a Idiothele mira? Granted it's a tarantula but they behave like trapdoor spiders.

 

[Arthroverts]

Agree with the above, but trapdoors are amazing too. @TrapdoorSpiderLover, and @Philth are very experienced with pretty much all species commonly available in the US. They can give you some great pointers.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[basin79]

Agree with the above, but trapdoors are amazing too. @TrapdoorSpiderLover, and @Philth are very experienced with pretty much all species commonly available in the US. They can give you some great pointers.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

Oh aye trapdoors are incredible. I absolutely love my Liphistius cf ornatus.

 

[Smokehound714]

The true trapdoors are very long-lived and certain families like halonoproctidae may take well over 20 years to mature (except for males)

Euctenizidae is a little faster, more akin to theraphosid development as they are more 'advanced' trapdoors.

Ive had bothriocyrtum slings for over 4 years and they still havent molted.

 

[basin79]

The true trapdoors are very long-lived and certain families like halonoproctidae may take well over 20 years to mature (except for males)

Euctenizidae is a little faster, more akin to theraphosid development as they are more 'advanced' trapdoors.

Ive had bothriocyrtum slings for over 4 years and they still havent molted.

Wait, what???!!!??? SLINGS that haven't moulted for 4 YEARS!!!!!!!!

 

[TrapdoorSpiderLover]

Wait, what???!!!??? SLINGS that haven't moulted for 4 YEARS!!!!!!!!

yea sounds right lol, halonoproctidae especially seems to be a slow grower

 

[basin79]

yea sounds right lol, halonoproctidae especially seems to be a slow grower

Bloody hell fire. That seems unreal. If a sling takes over 4 years to moult an adult female could live what, 40 years?

 

[RezonantVoid]

I can't help much with species reccomendation but i can say trapdoors are probably some of, if not THE the longest living spider group/s. The oldest spider in the world was a G.Villosus from Australia at 46 years I think it was, and it didn't even die of old age. Fantastic spiders that often get overlooked in collections because they aren't seen often

 

[basin79]

I can't help much with species reccomendation but i can say trapdoors are probably some of, if not THE the longest living spider group/s. The oldest spider in the world was a G.Villosus from Australia at 46 years I think it was, and it didn't even die of old age. Fantastic spiders that often get overlooked in collections because they aren't seen often

Ah yes. I remember the story now.

Well I own a Liphistius cf ornatus and can't recommend them enough. They look prehistoric and are QUICK.

 

[Rhino1]

You may be able to get African imports of golden trapdoor species, the same lineage of some Australian myalgamorphs that live in excess of 40 years.
Armoured trapdoors in the family idiopidae can be found in many other countries and generally extremely long lived.

 

[TrapdoorSpiderLover]

You may be able to get African imports of golden trapdoor species, the same lineage of some Australian myalgamorphs that live in excess of 40 years.
Armoured trapdoors in the family idiopidae can be found in many other countries and generally extremely long lived.

Ive want an idiops for so long, can you help us out and tell us how?

 

[Arthroverts]

Yes, @Rhino1 you seem to know more US importers than we do! Tell us your secrets please!

I'm just giving you a hard time ; we get so few exotic non-tarantula mygalomorphs in the US it's not even funny, despite them being completely legal to import. I've only ever seen 3-5 exotic species available on a regular basis, and almost none of them were African species.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Rhino1]

Haha lol, I have some old U.S exotic pets books somewhere with care Guides on African GTs and I just assumed it was a thing.

 

[Arthroverts]

We wish...
At least not nowadays. They might have done it a decade or two ago, but certainly not now with any regularity.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[RezonantVoid]

I guess you're only option is to move here

 

[Arthroverts]

Do we get to bring our collections ?

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[RezonantVoid]

Do we get to bring our collections ?

Thanks,

Arthroverts

We wish. We really do

 

[Arthroverts]

Yeah yeah yeah; you really just want us to get hooked on your native stuff so that we won't care for what we left behind; well it won't work on us! Because we're already hooked on your native stuff! And we can't get it! Ahhhhhh!



Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[RezonantVoid]

Haha lol, I have some old U.S exotic pets books somewhere with care Guides on African GTs and I just assumed it was a thing.

Do you know if the lengthy paperwork needed for exporting our T's applies to our other primitives as well?