Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

This harvestman lives in damp forests and hides under rotting logs. It can voluntarily detach a leg to escape predators, which continues to twitch for several minutes.

Life cycle

1.
egg sac
A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2.
juvenile
A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3.
subadult
A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4.
adult
Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Genus: Leiobunum