Willow Bead Gall Mite

Aculus tetanothrix

Arachnidstrong against insects, birds

Common

Venom

While active with another arachnid in play, its target loses 4 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active (7 with two others).

Aculus tetanothrix

In battle

Strong against

Weak against

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

Aculus tetanothrix is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of willows (Salix species). It was first described by Alfred Nalepa in 1889.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Aculus tetanothrix, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

How they’re shared out:

Type: Arachnid: HP 45, ATK 40 and DEF 15 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 7,889 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.