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Grayish Jumping Spider

Phidippus princeps

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 29, February 30, March 48, April 94, May 180, June 84, July 64, August 57, September 61, October 49, November 31, December 28.
United States6,658
Canada870
Ontario755
Virginia718
New York639
Maryland536
North Carolina394
Michigan392
West Virginia384
Massachusetts324

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
GenusPhidippus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Grayish Jumping Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.