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Maritime Running Crab Spider

Tibellus maritimus

477 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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26 photos

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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 69, February 51, March 80, April 126, May 181, June 197, July 211, August 182, September 133, October 100, November 54, December 43.
United States1,712
Alaska1,427
Canada1,147
Ontario231
Alberta203
British Columbia184
Nunavut165
New York139
Nova Scotia76
Quebec71

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Maritime Running Crab Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.