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Common white-cheeked jumping spider

Pelegrina proterva

7,460 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 28, March 44, April 86, May 164, June 77, July 58, August 52, September 55, October 45, November 28, December 25.
United States2,535
Canada1,167
Ontario689
Ohio381
New York296
Quebec198
Michigan185
Virginia183
Maryland140
Massachusetts134

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
FamilyJumping Spiders · Salticidae
GenusPelegrina

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