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Magnolia Green Jumping Spider

Lyssomanes viridis

16,403 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 145, February 174, March 161, April 258, May 377, June 235, July 125, August 118, September 153, October 150, November 116, December 133.
United States14,258
North Carolina2,191
Georgia1,923
Virginia1,733
Maryland1,261
Alabama1,128
South Carolina927
Louisiana595
Texas486
Tennessee368

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
GenusTranslucent Green Jumping Spiders · Lyssomanes

Sources

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