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White-striped Running Crab Spider

Philodromus rufus

7,891 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 19, February 19, March 30, April 59, May 113, June 53, July 40, August 36, September 38, October 31, November 19, December 17.
Canada2,506
United States1,259
Ontario476
Quebec413
Nova Scotia400
Washington390
British Columbia307
Newfoundland and Labrador247
Alberta183
New York178

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

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