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Two-banded Ant-mimic Sac Spider

Castianeira cingulata

1,335 observations in the source records

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27 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 5, February 5, March 7, April 13, May 30, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 7, October 5, November 4, December 4.
United States571
Canada151
Ohio97
Ontario73
Virginia67
West Virginia56
Maine47
Massachusetts46
Illinois44
New York43

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
FamilyGround and Ant-mimic Sac Spiders · Corinnidae
GenusAnt-mimic Sac Spiders · Castianeira

Sources

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