ISO a trap door spider and information about life expectancy

[Rhino1]

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

Only for scientific purposes and all insects remain the property of the crown and after the nominated time period they must be returned to Aus to be destroyed.
CSIRO has the paperwork application for this method

 

[CryssaRose]

I hear they live a long time for being a true spider. They seem to be more tarantula-like than not, IMO. I've been interested in and actively searching for a C. ricketti for a good while now. I hear their care is relatively the easier of the trapdoor varieties...just SUPER hard to find.

 

[Arthroverts]

@CryssaRose, trapdoors and other non-tarantula mygalomorphs fall under the grouping primitive spiders (except in some odd cases, which @TrapdoorSpiderLover can tell you more about).
C. ricketti is very hard to find, especially since it's not in the US hobby. C. latusicosta is the species that is available in the US.

Thanks,

Arthroverts