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garden ghost spider

Hibana gracilis

10,753 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 23, February 25, March 27, April 44, May 57, June 28, July 23, August 22, September 27, October 25, November 21, December 21.
United States2,494
Virginia343
Maryland328
Canada315
Ontario315
New York281
Ohio189
Massachusetts172
Pennsylvania159
Kansas129

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyGhost Spiders · Anyphaenidae
GenusHibana

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