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Putnam's Jumping Spider

Phidippus putnami

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 69, February 84, March 77, April 124, May 198, June 171, July 147, August 57, September 73, October 72, November 56, December 64.
United States7,959
North Carolina1,075
Virginia928
Maryland714
Tennessee712
Georgia706
Texas595
Oklahoma533
Missouri452
Ohio353

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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