The nightspider was a species of large, predatory spider that could be found on Naboo.
Nightspiders were large arachnids native to the planet Naboo and its moon Rori. They were known to use a deadly poison to kill prey or defend themselves. At least one strain, the Poison Spitter, could shoot its poison at a target. The King Venom Nightspider was the most aggressive and deadliest of all subspecies.
Nightspiders were likely related to hermit spiders, another arachnid species from Naboo.
In 1 ABY, a hunter working for Sloan Rusper discovered a nest of nightspiders while investigating an abandoned tusk cat den near Restuss. The hunter was then rescued by a spacer who killed two nightspider aggressors.
During his career in the Royal Naboo Security Forces, Jonthol Mazoon was tasked to reduce the nightspider population around the city of Kaadara and eliminate the giant nightspider Noctur'lan. In 1 ABY, a spacer was tasked by RSF Lieutenant Dunnels to kill nightspiders and collect their venom sacs in order to produce a batch of neural boosters.
Concept art for Star Wars Galaxies.
Nightspiders appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. In the game, nightspiders were virtually identical to hermit spiders but no explicit relationship was established between the two species.
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