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Cardinal Jumping Spider

Phidippus cardinalis

2,296 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 Texas.January 89, February 85, March 96, April 183, May 112, June 54, July 49, August 59, September 103, October 326, November 83, December 81.
United States1,725
Texas1,007
Oklahoma377
Arkansas46
Missouri44
Massachusetts34
Tennessee32
New York24
North Carolina22
Virginia22

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
FamilyJumping Spiders · Salticidae
GenusPhidippus

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