Drider

Driders have a humanoid upper body but the legs of spiders. They have very hard dark exoskeleton covered with small hair through which they can sense vibrations. Their eight long legs can stick to almost any surface, making them very agile climbers and silent when moving, due to the weight distribution. They are born with a silk gland in their abdomen allowing them to excrete up to 5 000 meters of silk per day. They also have a venom gland giving them the ability to deliver a paralyzing venomous bite to their prey.

Childhood 1 to 3 years
When Driders hatch the babies attack and try to eat each other giving them the nutrients to grow and eliminating the weak from the tribe. Until they are three years old they stay close to the nest and get fed by the tribe

Teen 4 to 14 years
From 4 years old onward they get more and more responsibilities and are guided in their tasks until they are 14 years old, by an adult of the tribe.

Adulthood 15+ years
When they have shown their worth to the tribe ( usually by a trial at their 15th birthday ), they are an adult and are fully integrated in the populace, they stop being trained by an elder and get the right to mate. After some time they also start training teens.

Habitat and Population
Driders live in caves and forests, they build webs everywhere in the areas where they live, for different purposes: sensing intruders, protection from the environment, comfort, hunting and more.

Diet
Driders are carnivorous opportunistic eaters, they usually have two meals a day, but can go a week without eating. They eat only live pray this is why they paralyze their pray rather than kill them. They will often eat other Driders, if no other pray is available.

Culture and Society
Driders are loners they usually live alone or with a few other individuals. Most of them are nocturnal, but it is only by choice. Driders are polygamous and do not stay attached to one individual. They usually are part of a tribe in order to protect their territory and have an organised defense against outside attackers and tribes.

Drider silk and poison trading is what drives most of the Drider's interactions with the other species.