Sericum drassili

The Silken Crowned Spider (Arachnidae aranea megalomorphae sericumidae drassili) is a species of large spider native to the great forest blanketing much of North-West Kalimdor and in particular, the Ashenvale. A member of the megalomorphae clade of spiders, the Silken Crowned Spider grows slowly but can reach potentially enormous sizes, with some specimens reported at nearly twenty feet in span. While the bulk of the species is much smaller, mature adults are rarely less than three feet in span and pose a significant danger to humans and Kaldorei when they decide to lair in or around settlements. Trap-door hunters, the species is particularly fond of adapting cellars and druid barrows to its own purposes.
Like all members of the sericumidae subfamily of spiders, the Silken Crowned Spider is particularly known for its web, which forms the basis of most forms of Kaldorei nightsilk and is comparable to the forms of spider-silk cloth utilized in the Eastern Kingdoms. For their silk alone, they are an economically significant creature in the Ashenvale territory and few attempts are ever made to reduce the numbers of the spiders when they do not stray into Kaldorei settlements. Attempts to transplant the creatures to the Orient have not proven successful.
Category:Silk
Category:Spiders
Category:Animals
Category:Ashenvale