oldest spider

  1. Linda

    Number 16 has passed on - world's oldest known spider

    I've heard a lot about the spiders of Australia, so I was not surprised that the oldest one was there. Her name was Number 16, and she was a trapdoor spider who lived in the North Bungulla Reserve for 43 years. Number 16, a trapdoor spider (Gaius villosus), was first spotted as a wee spiderling...