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White Micrathena

Micrathena mitrata

5,445 observations in the source records

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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 59, February 71, March 66, April 106, May 106, June 64, July 51, August 80, September 147, October 72, November 48, December 55.
United States5,569
North Carolina798
Virginia639
Georgia532
Tennessee475
Maryland419
Ohio382
West Virginia291
Missouri230
Alabama211

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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