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Bronze Jumping Spider

Eris militaris

27,915 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 Ontario.January 66, February 67, March 106, April 208, May 400, June 307, July 258, August 448, September 243, October 110, November 69, December 61.
United States9,019
Canada5,724
Ontario2,450
Pennsylvania1,444
Texas1,420
New York1,211
Maryland1,139
Virginia1,057
Massachusetts830
Alaska704

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
GenusEris

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