Life Expectancy for two species?

[Tarantula155]

So I recently caught a black lace webbed spider and some type of ground spider. But the main question here is, how long can common species of both live?

Has anyone kept them?

 

[Brizzl]

How are we supposed to know? Even if you did provide with a species name or even pictures there is no way to know how old they are since they are wild caught. If you wanted to know life expectancy maybe the experts could come up with something but your question is so vague of details... We can't read minds!

 

[Tarantula155]

How are we supposed to know? Even if you did provide with a species name or even pictures there is no way to know how old they are since they are wild caught. If you wanted to know life expectancy maybe the experts could come up with something but your question is so vague of details... We can't read minds!

No need to throw an attitude at me. PLUS, I'm not asking about how long MY particular specimens will live for, just in general.

Main thing is, I'm wondering how long common lace webbed spiders and common ground spiders live?

 

[flamingpie]

I'm no expert and I haven't kept them, but given the less than helpful response you got, I thought I'd give it a go. Wikipedia has this to say on lace webbed spiders; "Around the second year of life, Amaurobiidae spiders lay an average of 40 eggs in a breeding chamber spun of silk, where the mother will protect the eggs until hatching. When the young are born, they will consume their egg yolk, and then devour their mother before emerging from the chamber." So it sounds to me like at least two years, although I can't find anything talking about how long males live or how long a female would live if she didn't lay eggs.

As for ground spiders, there really are just too many species that fall under that category to say. Do you have any more details about this spider and/or a photo?

 

[Tarantula155]

I'm no expert and I haven't kept them, but given the less than helpful response you got, I thought I'd give it a go. Wikipedia has this to say on lace webbed spiders; "Around the second year of life, Amaurobiidae spiders lay an average of 40 eggs in a breeding chamber spun of silk, where the mother will protect the eggs until hatching. When the young are born, they will consume their egg yolk, and then devour their mother before emerging from the chamber." So it sounds to me like at least two years, although I can't find anything talking about how long males live or how long a female would live if she didn't lay eggs.

As for ground spiders, there really are just too many species that fall under that category to say. Do you have any more details about this spider and/or a photo?

I believe the ground spider is in the Gnaphosidae genus, dark colored specimen with a white arrow almost on top of it's abdomen. It was caught in Maryland, however I tried searching up both species for this state and got nothing.

 

[Silberrücken]

I believe the ground spider is in the Gnaphosidae genus, dark colored specimen with a white arrow almost on top of it's abdomen. It was caught in Maryland, however I tried searching up both species for this state and got nothing.

No idea where the 2nd part of the quote came from.

But are you talking about an Eastern Parson spider?

 

[Tarantula155]

No idea where the 2nd part of the quote came from.

But are you talking about an Eastern Parson spider?

Bingo! Look's exactly alike. Do you know by any chance how long they live?

 

[Silberrücken]

Do you know by any chance how long they live?

Truthfully, I can't tell you this - but considering that mature Herpyllus ecclesiasticus are found year-round, I'd guess they have a decent lifespan. Would be cool to find a gravid female and raise a few of the slings through their lifetime. (for documentation purposes, as well as enjoying it.)

Also: black lace webbed spider - if this is what I am thinking of, they live about 2 years. The mother spiders are consuumed by the slings after emerging from the sac.

Hope this helps somewhat.