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flea jumping spider

Naphrys pulex

14,900 observations in the source records

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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 47, February 49, March 77, April 151, May 290, June 155, July 102, August 92, September 97, October 80, November 50, December 44.
United States7,382
Canada1,527
Ontario1,215
New York1,056
Massachusetts939
Pennsylvania821
Texas708
Michigan546
Oklahoma532
Ohio522

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
GenusNaphrys

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