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Spined Micrathena

Micrathena gracilis

25,159 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 87, February 89, March 141, April 277, May 531, June 249, July 188, August 556, September 284, October 146, November 91, December 81.
United States19,696
Canada2,229
Ontario2,229
Ohio1,558
Virginia1,432
Pennsylvania1,370
North Carolina1,230
Mexico1,230
New York1,128
Maryland1,023

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
FamilyOrbweavers · Araneidae
GenusMicrathena Spiders · Micrathena

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