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Lace-Weaver Spider

Amaurobius similis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 100, February 74, March 115, April 182, May 262, June 285, July 306, August 263, September 193, October 144, November 79, December 61.
United States2,063
Alaska2,063
United Kingdom264
England219
Denmark65
France44
Scotland27
Syddanmark26
Germany24
Midtjylland17

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
FamilyHackledmesh Weavers · Amaurobiidae
GenusLace web spiders · Amaurobius

Sources

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