Stats

Lifespan

1-2 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Mediterranean shrubland

Range

Mediterranean Basin

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

The marbled cellar spider lives in dark crevices throughout the Mediterranean. It vibrates its web violently when threatened to blur its body from predators.

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

Pholcidae

Genus

Holocnemus

Species

Holocnemus pluchei