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

Uncommon

About

Speckled Harvestman is a 10 cm long arachnid that lives in the deserts of Australia. Speckled Harvestmen are known for their incredible eyesight, which is more sensitive than that of an owl.

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

Hadrobunus

Species

Hadrobunus maculosus