Wall Spider
Wall Spider
Oecobius navus
Arachnida
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
1 year
Size
Tiny
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Running
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Uncommon

About

Wall Spiders are tiny spiders that live in and on walls. They are incredibly fast and can leap up to 10 times their body length in a single bound.

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
Oecobiidae
Genus
Oecobius
Species
Oecobius navus