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Turf Running Spider

Philodromus cespitum

5,477 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 Alaska.January 167, February 124, March 194, April 305, May 439, June 479, July 512, August 441, September 324, October 241, November 132, December 103.
United States4,024
Alaska3,460
Canada865
Ontario371
Colorado156
Alberta144
British Columbia112
Nunavut105
New York104
Ohio60

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
FamilyRunning Crab Spiders · Philodromidae
GenusRunning Crab Spiders · Philodromus

Sources

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