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Swift Crab Spider

Mecaphesa celer

3,696 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 Texas.January 41, February 39, March 44, April 197, May 86, June 50, July 31, August 23, September 28, October 29, November 38, December 37.
United States1,220
Texas462
Kansas185
Colorado162
Nebraska90
Oklahoma83
Wyoming58
Minnesota41
Canada39
Missouri31

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
FamilyCrab Spiders · Thomisidae
GenusMecaphesa

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