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Brush-legged Split Wolf Spider

Schizocosa ocreata

3,838 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 17, February 17, March 27, April 54, May 103, June 48, July 36, August 33, September 35, October 28, November 18, December 16.
United States1,896
Canada432
Ontario432
Ohio403
Virginia250
Michigan218
Illinois216
West Virginia196
Kentucky124
Iowa118

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
GenusBrush-legged Spiders · Schizocosa

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