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Bowl-and-doily Spider

Frontinella pyramitela

11,189 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 Ohio.January 27, February 29, March 40, April 76, May 177, June 41, July 35, August 61, September 68, October 44, November 22, December 21.
United States5,679
Ohio807
Canada758
Ontario564
Virginia515
Maryland416
New York397
North Carolina307
Pennsylvania272
West Virginia237

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
FamilySheetweb and Dwarf Weavers · Linyphiidae
GenusFrontinella

Sources

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