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Twin-flagged Jumping Spider

Anasaitis canosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 54, February 141, March 393, April 1,153, May 843, June 556, July 562, August 470, September 523, October 387, November 189, December 102.
Texas7,444
Georgia2,719
Alabama1,426
Louisiana1,412
South Carolina1,267
North Carolina1,089
Mississippi518
Arkansas14
Virginia7
Ohio5

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
GenusAnasaitis

Sources

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