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What was special about spider Number 16?

Question #149928. Asked by serpa.
Last updated Oct 11 2023.
Originally posted Oct 10 2023 6:40 AM.

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He was the world's longest lived known spider, lived to the ripe old age of 43 years

link https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/worlds-oldest-spider-dies-trapdoor-spider-australia-43-animals-spd




Response last updated by gtho4 on Oct 11 2023.
Oct 10 2023, 7:49 AM
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Oldest recorded spider (43 years).
Number 16 (c. 1973 – 2016), also known as #16, was a wild female trapdoor spider (Gaius villosus, family Idiopidae) that lived in North Bungulla Reserve near Tammin, Western Australia. She died in 2016, at an estimated age of 43 years, and is the longest-lived spider recorded to date. Number 16 did not die of old age, but was most likely killed by a parasitic wasp sting.
link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_16_(spider)

Response last updated by psnz on Oct 10 2023.
Oct 10 2023, 7:52 AM
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