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Common Housefly Catcher

Plexippus petersi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 37, February 45, March 47, April 89, May 83, June 60, July 80, August 76, September 60, October 77, November 49, December 42.
India745
Thailand618
Indonesia344
Kerala253
Tamil Nādu203
Sri Lanka175
Malaysia163
Australia152
Philippines136
China116

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
GenusHousefly Catchers · Plexippus

Sources

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