 What has been discovered is that spawning appears to vary with latitude with gravid females being collected during the late spring and early summer in Delaware while further south, in North Carolina and Georgia spawning takes place during the early fall and late winter.They have a maximum life span of 8 years and sexual maturity is attained at one year old.Their diet is made up largely of invertebrates including amphipods, decapods, and beetles with some smaller fishes and Odonata.