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Eurasian Running Crab Spider

Philodromus dispar

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 351, February 260, March 407, April 640, May 923, June 1,006, July 1,077, August 926, September 680, October 507, November 277, December 217.
United States8,120
Alaska7,270
Washington1,266
British Columbia1,265
United Kingdom1,176
England1,107
Germany1,073
Canada632
France539
Denmark300

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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
FamilyRunning Crab Spiders · Philodromidae
GenusRunning Crab Spiders · Philodromus

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