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High Eyelashed Jumping Spider

Phidippus mystaceus

1,461 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 53, February 51, March 58, April 110, May 67, June 33, July 29, August 30, September 55, October 92, November 74, December 49.
United States1,246
Texas606
Oklahoma361
North Carolina63
Virginia51
Tennessee42
Arkansas39
Missouri35
West Virginia30
Georgia27

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
GenusPhidippus

Sources

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Practise High Eyelashed Jumping Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.