Mexican red knees

How long do mexican red knee tarantulas live I had a female for 7 years and I was the second owner I think the previous owner had her for 4 years. She died three weeks ago. I dont understand why, she was well feed she actually died after eating. I was just wondering if she passed on because she was just an old gal.

Hi,


I've had my girl for about 11 years I think ( she was an adult when I bought her - or full sized at any rate)- found a reference in "arachnomania" that says there are several reports of females over the age of 24.


dr del

female red knees normally live long,usually over 20 yrs. maybe she wasnt meant to make it that long...

Given that she had at least 2 keepers, her actual age could be just about anything. It sounds to me like she was just old and probably very old at that.
Generally it takes about 5+ years for a B. smithi to even reach adult size. After that, they can live for upwards of 20 years.
Some live longer, some not as long, but the "average" life span of a female smithi is about 20 years.

yeah , ditto on what shadow said , the oldest smithi ive heard of was 35 broke the record on longest living spider , not sure which zoo it was at thou got a feeling it was London Zoo