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Eurasian Armoured Long-jawed Spider

Metellina segmentata

7,282 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 385, February 284, March 445, April 700, May 1,009, June 1,101, July 1,178, August 1,013, September 744, October 555, November 303, December 237.
United States8,364
Alaska7,953
Washington399
Canada262
British Columbia260
Russia60
Germany58
United Kingdom54
Poland49
England45

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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
FamilyLong-jawed Orbweavers · Tetragnathidae
GenusMetellina

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