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Black-headed Jumping Spider

Trite planiceps

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 357, February 401, March 244, April 196, May 86, June 34, July 20, August 32, September 116, October 235, November 303, December 299.
New Zealand2,323
Wellington Region928
Auckland Region369
Canterbury Region166
Northland Region164
Waikato Region145
Bay of Plenty Region111
Manawatu-Wanganui Region98
Taranaki Region92
West Coast Region69

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
GenusTrite

Sources

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Practise Black-headed Jumping Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.