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Tan Jumping Spider

Platycryptus undatus

59,664 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mdlemmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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What the records say

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 Texas.January 381, February 364, March 414, April 785, May 537, June 373, July 365, August 269, September 358, October 356, November 357, December 346.
United States47,919
Canada5,242
Texas5,165
Ohio3,559
Virginia3,216
Ontario3,088
North Carolina2,826
Massachusetts2,789
Maryland2,575
New York2,401

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
GenusPlatycryptus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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