Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

North America

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

The eastern harvestman is an omnivorous arachnid that lives in North America. They are most active from late spring to early fall, with late summer being when eggs are laid.

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

Opiliones

Family

Sclerosomatidae

Genus

Leiobunum