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Shore Spider

Pardosa milvina

5,161 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 Ohio.January 20, February 22, March 38, April 57, May 134, June 31, July 61, August 25, September 29, October 24, November 17, December 16.
United States1,478
Ohio947
Canada294
Ontario199
Texas165
Illinois114
Quebec88
Michigan83
West Virginia71
Mississippi63

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
FamilyWolf Spiders · Lycosidae
GenusThin-legged Wolf Spiders · Pardosa

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