World's oldest spider has died, age 43.

[yeahhtrue]

https://news.nationalgeographic.com...ies-trapdoor-spider-australia-43-animals-spd/

Didn't even die of old age...got stung by a wasp

 

[Enn49]

Wow, that's a grand age but such a shame she had such a horrible death.

 

[Dave Jay]

In another article it says that a team of 23 scientists and rangers identified 50 new spider species in two weeks in the bush on Cape York Peninsula.
It makes you wonder how many inverts are yet to be described.

 

[Enn49]

In another article it says that a team of 23 scientists and rangers identified 50 new spider species in two weeks in the bush on Cape York Peninsula.
It makes you wonder how many inverts are yet to be described.

There must be a lot when you think f how much land there is still to be explored .

 

[Metalman2004]

Yeah thats a hell of a way to go out. Made it that long only for a wasp to get it...

 

[OLDMAN]

I was amazed it lived that long in the wild. Can't believe some predator didn't get it sooner.