Stats

Lifespan

1 year

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

North and South America

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Hibana spiders are nocturnal anyphaenid sac spiders that live in the United States, the West Indies, and Brazil. They have an excellent sense of smell, which enables them to detect prey in the dark.

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

Anyphaenidae

Genus

Hibana