Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Medium
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Running
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

Funnel weavers are large spiders that live in grass and other vegetation, often building their webs on the ground. They are extremely skilled at hunting insects, using their large eyes and powerful legs to capture prey.

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: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae