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Tube-dwelling Spider

Segestria florentina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 78, February 58, March 90, April 142, May 205, June 224, July 239, August 206, September 151, October 113, November 62, December 48.
United States1,616
Alaska1,616
France814
United Kingdom581
England573
Spain182
Italy162
Bretagne140
Île-de-France132
Portugal110

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
FamilyTunnel Spiders · Segestriidae
GenusSegestria

Sources

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