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California Flattened Jumping Spider

platycryptus californicus

The California Flattened Jumping Spider is a tiny, friendly spider that loves to jump! With its flat body, it can hide easily among leaves and rocks.

Lebensraum: They live in gardens, forests, and grasslands, hiding among plants and rocks.

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The California Flattened Jumping Spider is a small arachnid with a distinctly flattened, oval-shaped body, typically mottled brown and gray, sometimes with reddish-brown hairs. It often has a contrasting lighter stripe down its abdomen and iridescent green-blue chelicerae, making it blend seamlessly with bark.

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California Flattened Jumping Spider
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California Flattened Jumping Spider

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Before jumping, they 'glue' a silk safety line, like a bungee cord!

Scientists believe they might 'see' ultraviolet light, invisible to human eyes!

They can twist their whole head to look around without moving their body.

This spider doesn't build webs to catch food; it hunts like a tiny lion!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Leaper

California Flattened Jumping Spider can jump many times its body length because of powerful hydraulic legs that help them ambush prey.

Fähigkeit

Super Sights

California Flattened Jumping Spider has eight eyes, including two very large forward-facing ones that help them see in vivid color and pinpoint prey.

Fähigkeit

Safety Line Spinner

California Flattened Jumping Spider can produce silk for a safety tether while jumping, because it helps them retrace or prevent falls.

Maße und Details

Größe
6-13 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-730 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
8

Ernährung und Fütterung

This spider is a skilled hunter, preying on various small insects and other spiders.

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • gnats
  • small beetles
  • moths
  • other small spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster

a common small insect prey

hunts

house fly

Musca domestica

a frequent food source in human habitats

eaten by

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

a common bird predator

eaten by

western black widow

Latrodectus hesperus

eaten by larger, venomous spiders

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

California SpiderFlat Spider

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von California Flattened Jumping Spider?

6-13 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von California Flattened Jumping Spider?

365-730 Tage

Was frisst California Flattened Jumping Spider?

This spider is a skilled hunter, preying on various small insects and other spiders.

Wo findet man California Flattened Jumping Spider normalerweise?

They live in gardens, forests, and grasslands, hiding among plants and rocks.

Wie jagt California Flattened Jumping Spider?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von California Flattened Jumping Spider?

8

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