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Brilliant Jumping Spider

Phidippus clarus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 62, February 64, March 101, April 197, May 378, June 404, July 410, August 121, September 127, October 104, November 65, December 58.
United States9,244
Canada2,249
Ontario1,586
New York946
Wisconsin648
Virginia601
North Carolina581
Texas567
Maryland461
Michigan435

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
GenusPhidippus

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