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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.

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

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseArachnidaOrdenAraneaeFamiliaSalticidaeGéneroPlatycryptus
California Flattened Jumping Spider
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California Flattened Jumping Spider

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

0/5 · Sin peligro conocido

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Acrobatic Leaper

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

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Safety Line Spinner

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

Medidas y detalles

Tamaño
6-13 mm
Esperanza de vida
365-730 días
Cantidad de patas
8

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

También conocido como

California SpiderFlat Spider

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el tamaño de California Flattened Jumping Spider?

6-13 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de California Flattened Jumping Spider?

365-730 días

¿Qué come California Flattened Jumping Spider?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente California Flattened Jumping Spider?

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

¿Cómo caza California Flattened Jumping Spider?

Ambush

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de California Flattened Jumping Spider?

8

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