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Apache Jumping Spider

Phidippus apacheanus

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 Colorado.January 54, February 42, March 58, April 113, May 171, June 103, July 171, August 183, September 302, October 130, November 48, December 45.
United States2,427
Colorado1,373
Texas419
Utah261
Arizona148
New Mexico147
Kansas127
Oklahoma112
Nebraska91
South Dakota47

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
FamilyJumping Spiders · Salticidae
GenusPhidippus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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