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Dimorphic Jumping Spider

Maevia inclemens

18,330 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kdickey1962, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

29 photos

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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 54, February 55, March 87, April 171, May 328, June 267, July 116, August 105, September 110, October 90, November 56, December 50.
United States7,539
Canada1,503
Ontario1,376
Massachusetts1,347
Michigan1,163
Ohio1,067
Texas991
Oklahoma787
New York751
Minnesota607

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
GenusMaevia

Sources

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