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Common Patterned Ant-mimic Ground Spider

Sergiolus montanus

2,067 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 8, February 7, March 8, April 16, May 20, June 23, July 8, August 8, September 8, October 7, November 6, December 7.
United States344
Canada195
Washington102
Colorado75
California66
British Columbia66
Alberta41
Ontario34
Nunavut19
Quebec18

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
FamilyStealthy Ground Spiders · Gnaphosidae
GenusSergiolus

Sources

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