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Green Huntsman Spider

Micrommata virescens

9,477 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 Alaska.January 241, February 178, March 279, April 439, May 634, June 691, July 739, August 636, September 467, October 348, November 190, December 149.
United States4,993
Alaska4,993
Russia1,337
Italy785
France585
Germany471
Austria438
Nord-Ovest389
Nord-Est289
Finland277

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
FamilyHuntsman Spiders · Sparassidae
GenusMicrommata

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