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Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider

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2,065 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 Ontario.January 11, February 11, March 18, April 35, May 67, June 31, July 32, August 25, September 22, October 22, November 11, December 10.
United States997
Canada520
Ontario279
New York151
Quebec130
Ohio95
Kentucky84
West Virginia77
Virginia73
Nova Scotia61

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
FamilyLong-jawed Orbweavers · Tetragnathidae
GenusCave Orbweavers · Meta

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