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Red-bellied Jumping Spider

Philaeus chrysops

14,943 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 Italy.January 20, February 25, March 99, April 492, May 1,324, June 639, July 140, August 66, September 175, October 142, November 22, December 9.
Italy3,153
France1,688
Nord-Ovest1,300
Nord-Est867
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur795
Greece769
Centro596
Occitanie534
Turkey428
Russia420

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
GenusPhilaeus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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