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Bearded-legs Uloborid

Uloborus barbipes

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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22 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 2, February 3, March 3, April 2, May 2, June 0, July 2, August 0, September 4, October 8, November 2, December 4.
Australia32
Queensland11
South Australia10
Western Australia8
New South Wales2
Victoria1

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
FamilyHackled Orbweavers · Uloboridae
GenusFeather-legged Spiders · Uloborus

Sources

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