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canopy jumping spider

Phidippus otiosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 75, February 90, March 83, April 133, May 134, June 81, July 64, August 71, September 209, October 231, November 90, December 69.
United States3,773
North Carolina1,501
Virginia695
Maryland414
Tennessee254
South Carolina190
Georgia150
Kentucky142
West Virginia106
Arkansas93

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

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