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Natal Cellar Spider

Smeringopus natalensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.

Australia	209
United States	161
Texas	128
Western Australia	73
South Africa	40
New South Wales	40
South Australia	38
Queensland	35
Victoria	23
Louisiana	13

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

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Arachnids · Arachnida
Order	Spiders · Araneae
Family	Cellar Spiders · Pholcidae
Genus	Smeringopus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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How much to rely on each source

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