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Eastern Parson Spider

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 114, February 117, March 186, April 363, May 698, June 327, July 256, August 269, September 234, October 192, November 120, December 107.
United States13,492
Canada4,221
Ontario2,091
New York1,251
Virginia1,047
Massachusetts963
Ohio962
North Carolina938
Michigan907
Pennsylvania885

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
FamilyStealthy Ground Spiders · Gnaphosidae
GenusHerpyllus

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