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Oblong Running Spider

Tibellus oblongus

8,464 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 219, February 162, March 254, April 399, May 575, June 627, July 671, August 577, September 424, October 316, November 173, December 135.
United States6,037
Alaska4,533
Canada709
Colorado480
Ontario256
Washington244
British Columbia112
Maine108
Quebec103
Nebraska72

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
GenusSlender Crab Spiders · Tibellus

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