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Hoy's Jumping Spider

Evarcha hoyi

1,151 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 11, March 18, April 35, May 67, June 46, July 24, August 21, September 22, October 18, November 12, December 10.
Canada802
United States618
Ontario281
New York153
Maine136
Quebec110
Alberta91
British Columbia75
Nova Scotia66
Minnesota63

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
GenusEvarcha

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