How many ordinary spiders live depends on their type, in total, experts number 42 thousand. species of spiders. Arthropods have populated almost all the continents of the globe, are found everywhere. The brightest specimens live in a person’s house as a pet, and some other representatives of a huge family settle there without asking. Life spans of domestic spiders are longer than wild ones.
How many ordinary spiders live in nature
According to various sources, small habitual spiders live in the wild for 10 to 12 months. Life expectancy of a female is always longer than a male. Males rarely die naturally because they are eaten by hungry females almost immediately after fertilization.
Theoretical figures do not always agree with the real ones. In nature, small spiders have many natural enemies, from which they have to hide every day. Spiders that live in Russia often die from adverse weather conditions, poison, hunger.
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One of the brightest common Russian spiders – a cross. It lives in the wild, weaves large hunting nets, feeds on insects. It can bite a person, saving his own life. How many years spiders live crosses, depends on gender. Males die immediately after mating, females after cocoon formation, egg laying. Life expectancy of males is not more than 3 months, females - 6.
How many domestic spiders live
Arthropods penetrate into human housing through open windows, doors, and cracks in the wall. Settled in the corners of rooms, behind furniture. During the day they hide from the sun's rays, weave a web at night, hunt. Are eating home spiders house flies, fruit flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches.
At home, the spider can live up to 1 year, contributing to this favorable climatic conditions, the absence of natural enemies. However, often life ends due to lack of food, from a person’s hand or broom.
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Haymaking Spiders often gather on the walls of the house, sit motionless until the evening. With the onset of darkness begin to become active. For humans, they are not dangerous. It is well known how spiders live in the wild - they prey on small insects, grasshoppers, even locusts. Life expectancy of a female is not more than 4 months, males die earlier.
Exotic animals living in a person’s house are long-livers. Tarantulas live up to 30 years, tarantulas - 15 years, goliaths - 9 years, black Widow - 5 years. But peacock spider barely reaches 9 months.
