Stats

Lifespan

1-2 years

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Running

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

Shore spiders are tiny, thin-legged spiders that live near rivers and in agricultural areas in eastern North America. They have a unique ability to detect predators from vibrations and chemicals, and they can lose limbs when escaping from predators, allowing them to change their location in order to avoid being eaten.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg sac

   A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Pardosa

Species

Pardosa milvina