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Spotted Cobweaver

Thymoites unimaculatus

381 observations in the source records

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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 Ontario.January 5, February 6, March 9, April 17, May 33, June 16, July 12, August 11, September 11, October 9, November 6, December 5.
United States243
Canada175
Ontario139
New York86
Maine27
Michigan26
Illinois24
Ohio19
Nova Scotia12
Quebec11

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
FamilyComb-footed Spiders · Theridiidae
GenusThymoites

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Spotted Cobweaver with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.