Queen Taratect

Summary
The Queen Taratects are a massive spider-monsters. It is said that an ancestral hero, with his army, sacrificed themselves in order to defeat a single queen. There are only five alive in the entire world.

Synopsis
One of the Queen Taratects gave birth to Kumoko. This one is nicknamed "Mother". Kumoko tries to avoid her as much as possible due to her extreme violence and power. Kumoko meets her again in the Middle Stratum and again when Kumoko leaves the Labyrinth.

Mother attempts to kill Kumoko because Kumoko's parallel minds are eating at her soul. She is personally killed by Kumoko in a weakened state, reducing their total global numbers to four.

Known Individuals

 * "Mother": a Queen living in the depths of the Elroe Labyrinth. She is considered the strongest monster native to the labyrinth and the original progenitor of all spiders native to the labyrinth.
 * Another queen lives in the forest nearby the Elf Village.