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Snake-back Spider

Segestria senoculata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 222, February 164, March 257, April 405, May 583, June 636, July 681, August 585, September 430, October 321, November 175, December 137.
United States4,597
Alaska4,597
Sweden110
United Kingdom100
Germany83
England70
France59
Poland53
Skåne län50
Denmark34

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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
FamilyTunnel Spiders · Segestriidae
GenusSegestria

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