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Mile End Jumping Spider

Macaroeris nidicolens

4,123 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) glivey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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 Alaska.January 77, February 57, March 89, April 140, May 202, June 220, July 236, August 203, September 149, October 111, November 61, December 47.
United States1,593
Alaska1,593
Germany508
France434
United Kingdom236
England236
Italy174
Nordrhein-Westfalen166
Austria149
Hessen125

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
GenusMacaroeris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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