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Common Ground-Weaver

Tenuiphantes tenuis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 500, February 369, March 579, April 910, May 1,312, June 1,431, July 1,531, August 1,317, September 967, October 722, November 394, December 308.
United States10,468
Alaska10,340
Hawaii76
New Zealand71
Canada43
Canterbury Region42
British Columbia41
Washington33
France32
Otago Region15

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
FamilySheetweb and Dwarf Weavers · Linyphiidae
GenusTenuiphantes

Sources

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