User:Eguiamot/Spruce-fir moss spider

Biology
Scientists know that spiders play a significant role in controlling insect populations as top predators and that the extinction of one species could ripple impact on other spider species and ecosystems. The spruce-fir moss spider, which consumes its mites in springtails, is the top predator in its microhabitat.

Endangered Status
The tallest Peaks found in the southern Appalachians are east of the Mississippi River,  The Fraser Fir and Red Spruce, which are ice age relics, dominate the force that grows on these summits. Compared to other communities in the South East of the United States, it's more like Canada. On the damp,  cold forest floor, bryophytes like mosses and liverworts are widespread, and the threatened Spruce-fir Moss spider lives in bryophyte matting that form on rocks and have just the  right amount of moisture and thickness.