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Marbled Cellar Spider

Holocnemus pluchei

18,581 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 California.January 274, February 237, March 247, April 490, May 422, June 346, July 357, August 310, September 332, October 261, November 318, December 245.
California5,305
United States4,604
France1,276
Italy1,115
Alaska687
Spain444
Austria429
Greece427
Nord-Ovest421
Nord-Est393

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
FamilyCellar Spiders · Pholcidae
GenusHolocnemus

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