Megarachne servinei
What is the oldest spider?
By Stephen Leahy. PUBLISHED April 30, 2018. Number 16—the world’s longest-lived known spider—has died, likely killed by a wasp at the ripe old age of 43 years. She outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico. Previously, researchers believed trapdoor spiders lived 25 years.
What is the biggest spider that ever existed?
Megarachne servinei
When did spiders first appear on Earth?
The first definite spiders, thin-waisted arachnids with abdominal segmentation and silk producing spinnerets, are known from fossils like Attercopus fimbriungus. This spider lived 380 million years ago during the Devonian Period, more than 150 million years before the dinosaurs.
How did the world’s oldest spider dies?
The world’s oldest known spider has died after a record-breaking lifespan of 43 years, according to researchers in Australia. The spider, known as Number 16 to Australian scientists, was a female trapdoor tarantula living in Western Australia’s Central Wheatbelt region, Agence France-Press reports.
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