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Garden Hammock Spider

Linyphia hortensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 122, February 90, March 141, April 221, May 319, June 348, July 372, August 320, September 235, October 176, November 96, December 75.
United States2,515
Alaska2,515
Russia114
Kursk Oblast40
United Kingdom37
Poland37
England36
Moscow Oblast35
Germany32
France31

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
FamilySheetweb and Dwarf Weavers · Linyphiidae
GenusSheetweb Spiders · Linyphia

Sources

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