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Peppered Jumping Spider

Pelegrina galathea

11,049 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 Texas.January 65, February 62, March 70, April 141, May 166, June 168, July 106, August 49, September 47, October 67, November 61, December 59.
United States4,644
Texas843
Canada660
Ontario657
New York527
Oklahoma351
Ohio340
Virginia323
Maryland297
New Jersey251

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
GenusPelegrina

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