Stats

Lifespan

1-2 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Europe

Movement

Running

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

Mouse spiders are small, nocturnal spiders that live in the forests of New Zealand. They are very fast and agile, able to run up to 100 meters per hour.

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

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Scotophaeus

Species

Scotophaeus blackwalli