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Johnson's Jumping Spider

Phidippus johnsoni

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 California.January 373, February 378, March 1,325, April 1,888, May 793, June 314, July 255, August 260, September 330, October 382, November 434, December 334.
California10,989
United States5,722
British Columbia2,692
Canada2,321
Washington935
Oregon650
Alberta595
Utah242
Mexico179
Baja California179

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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