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Filmy Dome Spider

Neriene radiata

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 71, February 52, March 82, April 129, May 186, June 203, July 218, August 187, September 137, October 103, November 56, December 44.
United States6,612
Canada2,339
Alaska1,469
Ontario818
Massachusetts698
New York668
France567
Texas490
British Columbia363
Russia287

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
GenusNeriene

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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