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Stone Spider

Pardosa lapidicina

3,896 observations in the source records

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What the records say

3,896 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.

United States	628
Canada	193
Ohio	180
Ontario	128
Newfoundland and Labrador	83
New York	79
Rhode Island	78
Massachusetts	59
Colorado	51
Maine	41

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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

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Arachnids · Arachnida
Order	Spiders · Araneae
Family	Wolf Spiders · Lycosidae
Genus	Thin-legged Wolf Spiders · Pardosa

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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