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Hobo Spider

Eratigena agrestis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 35, February 26, March 41, April 64, May 93, June 101, July 108, August 93, September 68, October 51, November 28, December 22.
United States2,140
Alaska730
Utah479
Canada385
Washington331
Colorado285
Idaho255
British Columbia231
Oregon147
Ontario82

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
FamilyFunnel Weavers · Agelenidae
GenusEratigena

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