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Carolina Jumping Spider

Phidippus carolinensis

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 Texas.January 85, February 81, March 92, April 175, May 300, June 279, July 185, August 96, September 68, October 61, November 80, December 77.
Texas1,161
United States1,111
Oklahoma88
Colorado44
New Mexico16
Mexico6
Kansas5
Nebraska3
Nuevo Leon3
Coahuila de Zaragoza2

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