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Green Jumping Spider

Mopsus mormon

5,186 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 351, February 336, March 363, April 322, May 295, June 195, July 162, August 239, September 278, October 296, November 308, December 295.
Australia3,440
Queensland3,220
Northern Territory144
New South Wales45
Western Australia27
Indonesia6
Victoria3
Maluku2
Papua2
West Papua2

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
GenusMopsus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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