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This article's title is a nickname, based upon conjecture or similar. The correct title is unknown.
Creatures giant-spider.jpg
Scientific name Possibly Protosolpugidae
Home era Carboniferous
Creature type Arachnid
Deaths caused 1 rat
Appearances Episode 1.2

Carboniferous arachnids are a species of Solifugae, a distinct arachnid order. Even though they are not true spiders, they are still arachnids.

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AnatomyEdit

Adults are up to one metre wide by one metre long.They have pincers and apparently do not make webs or produce vanom, yet they nest in large groups.

PsychologyEdit

They avoid light probably because they are used to living in a dark world under the massive fern trees in the Carboniferous world.

In PrimevalEdit

Episode 1.2Edit

A large colony of Carboniferous Arachnids came through an anomaly into the present day and nested in an abandoned shelter in the London Underground.

One arachnid attacks a stopped train and tries to bite a passenger through an open window, but the lady sees the creature and shuts the window on it, severing one of its legs. Later, a pest controller is stalked and eventually attacked by a giant spider, which viciously bites at his neck.

A squad of soldiers lead by Captain Ryan is sent into the spider nest in an abandoned underground shelter. The spiders descend from above, biting one soldier on the neck and almost overwhelm the team until bright light from a gunshot makes the spiders return into hiding. Using the spiders' aversion to light, the team use torches to force the colony back through the anomaly.

TriviaEdit

  • Primeval46.jpg
    PliofutureAdded by Pliofuture
    They are the first swarming creatures in Primeval.
  • They are probably nocturnal since they avoid light.
  • They are probably based on Mesothelae from Walking With Monsters.
  • It is the first arachnid and only spider in Primeval.
  • It is the first creature to kill a rat.
  • This is the first species which more than one of came through an anomaly.
  • "Giant Spiders" are listed in Cutter's Matrix. It is unknown whether or not this refers to the Carboniferous Arachnids.

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External LinksEdit


Series 1 Main Creatures

Episode 1.1: Gorgonopsid  • Coelurosauravus  • Scutosaurus
Episode 1.2: Carboniferous Arachnid  • ArthropleuraCoelurosauravus
Episode 1.3: Mosasaur  • Hesperornis
Episode 1.4: Dodo  • ParasiteCoelurosauravus

Episode 1.5: Pteranodon  • Coelurosauravus  • Anurognathus
Episode 1.6: Future Predator  • Gorgonopsid  • Scutosaurus  • Coelurosauravus

Younger Storybooks Main Creatures

A Rip in Time: Gorgonopsid  • Coelurosauravus  • Scutosaurus  • Carboniferous Arachnid  • Arthropleura
Dangerous Dimension: Mosasaur  • Hesperornis  • Dodo  • Parasite

The Lost Predator: Pteranodon  • Coelurosauravus  • Anurognathus  • Future Predator  • Gorgonopsid  • Scutosaurus
Fight for Survival: Dromaeosaurus  • Pteranodon  • Fog Worm  • Smilodon

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