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Eurasian Green Crab Spider

Diaea dorsata

7,683 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 366, February 270, March 423, April 666, May 960, June 1,047, July 1,120, August 963, September 707, October 528, November 288, December 225.
United States7,564
Alaska7,564
Germany1,107
United Kingdom889
England887
France668
Austria586
Steiermark371
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes237
Poland234

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
GenusFlower Spiders · Diaea

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