Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Arid scrubland

Range

Southern Asia

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Burrowing

Status

Uncommon

About

The black webspinner is an insect that lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Unlike other webspinners, it spins its web in the air instead of on the ground.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Embioptera

Family

Oligotomidae

Genus

Oligotoma

Species

Oligotoma nigra