Thats true. Normally, the female will outlive the male.

but how long da male can live?

yeah...
i've heard that after the ultimate moult,the male will last long just a few month..then will die...

All depends on species. Some females 8-15 years, and I've heard some living 30-40 yrs. Males live about a year after they mature so it depends on how long it takes to mature- again depending on species.

poor my smithi...dun care if male or female..msti jaga elok2

my ts
jst received yesterday 1 GBB and 1 andersoni from andrew... n newly molted avic avic n obt...

my fren first T is a rosea, it is a male....... it has had the hook since or before i started this hobby( 2 years back) and now still alive......and not forgot to mention,it is very healthy

I got a year old MM rosea as well.. still mating lol.

yeah, and if it survives the next molt it will live even longer. The thing is most mature males do not survive the next molt. Hence the one year time frame since most adult T's will molt at least once a year.

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Aug 29 2009, 01:49 AM

Ignore the crappy song, i got very limited song in my laptop
Juz wan the beat

yea,like the fast growers,once hook come up,u gotto start worry,unless u have a mature female..

LOL- thanks for sharing. Very kewl!

Didn't mind the song either- though I have no clue what it was about.

ma c. andersoni ...

what will happen if we dont provide deep substrate for burrowing sp to burrow? will it stress them severely n leads to death? or ive read that if no deep enuf substrate, they'll just spin lotsa web to make their hides..

yeah .... like my c. andersoni. have not enuf substrate b4.... but now it can makes da cave wif happy.

Movie 'Eight Leg Freak' will really demo the Jumping Spider, the only difference is their prey is human

May i know your feeding schedule please ? The abdomen sure is huge comparing to its size .. =P

Don't know- I've always given my obligate burrowers lots of substrate. What reason would a keeper have for not giving a burrower substrate to burrow in?
I have seen burrowers in pet shops sitting in a stressed position but pet shops don't really have a choice- can't sell the T if the T is in a hole!

ETA: Don't know if they all will spin lots of webs but I have a WC H. lividum and a WC H. schmidti that would not settle down for a few months. The cobalt took to the burrow but would not web, just stayed in the burrow during the day and roamed around at night. The H. schmidti would hide among the silk plants and would web a little. Both settled down after they molted and have adopted their burrows now.

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Aug 29 2009, 12:46 PM

Who wants to be crazy with me and be grandparents of H. macs.


I've got 2 females. In the future Looking for a grand son in law.

Mememe, I got 5 unsexed ones.

My little boehmei molted again!




Some other T's....